About the Authors

Maria Pernas

mpernas@isciii.es

Affiliation Centro Nacional de Microbiología (CNM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid 28220, Spain

Victor Sanchez-Merino

Affiliations AIDS Research Unit, Institut d´Investigacions Biomediquès August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain, HIVACAT, Barcelona, Spain

Concepcion Casado

Affiliation Centro Nacional de Microbiología (CNM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid 28220, Spain

Alberto Merino-Mansilla

Affiliations AIDS Research Unit, Institut d´Investigacions Biomediquès August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain, HIVACAT, Barcelona, Spain

Isabel Olivares

Affiliation Centro Nacional de Microbiología (CNM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid 28220, Spain

Eloisa Yuste

Affiliations AIDS Research Unit, Institut d´Investigacions Biomediquès August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain, HIVACAT, Barcelona, Spain

Cecilio Lopez-Galindez

Affiliation Centro Nacional de Microbiología (CNM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid 28220, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MP CL-G CC VS-M EY. Performed the experiments: MP AM-M VS-M. Analyzed the data: MP VS-M EY CL-G. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MP VS-M EY CC. Wrote the paper: MP CC VS-M IO EY CL-G.