About the Authors

Ian McGowan

imcgowan@pitt.edu

Affiliation University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Peter A. Anton

Affiliation Department of Medicine and the AIDS Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Julie Elliott

Affiliation Department of Medicine and the AIDS Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Ross D. Cranston

Affiliation University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Kathryn Duffill

Affiliation Magee-Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Andrew D. Althouse

Affiliations University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Magee-Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Kevin L. Hawkins

Affiliation Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Stephen C. De Rosa

Affiliations Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Laboratory Medicine, 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: IM PA SCD. Performed the experiments: JE RDC KD KLH SCD. Analyzed the data: ADA SCD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RDC PA. Wrote the paper: IM PA JE RDC ADA KLH SCD. Recruited study participants and obtained clinical samples: RDC.