About the Authors

David M. Tobin

david.tobin@duke.edu (DT); lalitar@uw.edu (LR)

Affiliations Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Center for AIDS Research, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Francisco J. Roca

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

John P. Ray

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Dennis C. Ko

Affiliations Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Center for AIDS Research, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Lalita Ramakrishnan

david.tobin@duke.edu (DT); lalitar@uw.edu (LR)

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DMT FJR JPR LR. Performed the experiments: DMT FJR JPR. Analyzed the data: DMT FJR JPR LR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DCK. Wrote the paper: DMT LR. Analyzed and interpreted the expression data from the HapMap samples: DCK. Prepared the figures: JPR. Edited the manuscript: DMT FJR JPR DCK LR.