About the Authors

Pauline E. Chugh

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Center for AIDS Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Blossom A. Damania

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Center for AIDS Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Dirk P. Dittmer

ddittmer@med.unc.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Center for AIDS Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PC DD. Performed the experiments: PC. Analyzed the data: PC DD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BD. Wrote the paper: PC DD.