About the Authors

Linda L. Jagodzinski

ljagodzinski@hivresearch.org.

Affiliation U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Ying Liu

Affiliation U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Holly R. Hack

Affiliation U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Catherine Kibirige

Affiliation U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Sheila A. Peel

Affiliation U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Mark M. Manak

Affiliation U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LLJ MMM HRH YL SAP. Performed the experiments: YL HRH CK. Analyzed the data: LLJ HRH YL MMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YL HRH MMM LLJ. Wrote the paper: LLJ HRH MMM CK SAP. Primer design and analysis: YL CK LLJ.