About the Authors

Ward De Spiegelaere

Ward.DeSpiegelaere@ugent.be

Affiliation Ghent University, Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent, Belgium

Jan Philippé

Affiliation Ghent University, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Ghent, Belgium

Karen Vervisch

Affiliation Ghent University, Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent, Belgium

Chris Verhofstede

Affiliation Ghent University, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Ghent, Belgium

Eva Malatinkova

Affiliation Ghent University, Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent, Belgium

Maja Kiselinova

Affiliation Ghent University, Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent, Belgium

Wim Trypsteen

Affiliation Ghent University, Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent, Belgium

Pawel Bonczkowski

Affiliation Ghent University, Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent, Belgium

Dirk Vogelaers

Affiliation Ghent University, Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent, Belgium

Steven Callens

Affiliation Ghent University, Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent, Belgium

Jean Ruelle

Affiliation Université Catholique de Louvain, IREC, AIDS Reference Laboratory, Brussels, Belgium

Kabamba Kabeya

Affiliation Saint-Pierre University Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases, Bruxelles, Belgium

Stephane De Wit

Affiliation Saint-Pierre University Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases, Bruxelles, Belgium

Petra Van Acker

Affiliation Ghent University, Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent, Belgium

Vicky Van Sandt

Affiliation HILA, Laboratory for Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics Red Cross Flanders, Mechelen, Belgium

Marie-Paule Emonds

Affiliation HILA, Laboratory for Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics Red Cross Flanders, Mechelen, Belgium

Paul Coucke

Affiliation Ghent University, Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent, Belgium

Erica Sermijn

Affiliation Ghent University, Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent, Belgium

Linos Vandekerckhove

Affiliation Ghent University, Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent, Belgium

Competing Interests

Viiv Healthcare and Beckton Dickinson provided financial support for this study. However, the sponsors of the study had no role in study design, data analysis, data interpretation or in the writing of this manuscript. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS One policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WDS JP MPE PC LV. Performed the experiments: KV EM MK WT PB PVA VVS. Analyzed the data: WDS JP MPE PC LV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CV DV SC JR KK SDW ES LV. Wrote the paper: WDS JP MPE PC LV.