About the Authors

Elena Delgado

Affiliation HIV Biology and Variability Unit, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain

María Teresa Cuevas

Affiliation HIV Biology and Variability Unit, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain

Francisco Domínguez

Current address: School of Biology, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, United Kingdom

Affiliation HIV Biology and Variability Unit, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain

Yolanda Vega

Affiliation HIV Biology and Variability Unit, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain

Marina Cabello

Current address: Laboratório de AIDS e Imunologia Molecular, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,

Affiliation HIV Biology and Variability Unit, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain

Aurora Fernández-García

Affiliation HIV Biology and Variability Unit, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain

Marcos Pérez-Losada

Current address: Computational Biology Institute, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States of America

Affiliation Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos (CIBIO-InBIO), Vairão, Portugal

María Ángeles Castro

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain

Vanessa Montero

Affiliation HIV Biology and Variability Unit, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain

Mónica Sánchez

Affiliation HIV Biology and Variability Unit, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain

Ana Mariño

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Arquitecto Marcide, Ferrol, A Coruña, Spain

Hortensia Álvarez

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Arquitecto Marcide, Ferrol, A Coruña, Spain

Patricia Ordóñez

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Arquitecto Marcide, Ferrol, A Coruña, Spain

Antonio Ocampo

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain

Celia Miralles

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain

Sonia Pérez-Castro

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain

María José López-Álvarez

Affiliation Infectious Disesases Unit, Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti, Lugo, Spain

Raúl Rodríguez

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Ourense, Ourense, Spain

Matilde Trigo

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Complejo Hospitalario Provincial de Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain

Julio Diz-Arén

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Complejo Hospitalario Provincial de Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain

Carmen Hinojosa

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain

Pablo Bachiller

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario Río Hortega, Valladolid, Spain

Silvia Hernáez-Crespo

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infection Control, Hospital Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain

Ramón Cisterna

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infection Control, Hospital Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain

Eugenio Garduño

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Hospital Infanta Cristina, Badajoz, Spain

Lucía Pérez-Álvarez

Affiliation HIV Biology and Variability Unit, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain

Michael M Thomson

mthomson@isciii.es

Affiliation HIV Biology and Variability Unit, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MMT LPA. Performed the experiments: FD AFG VM MS. Analyzed the data: MMT ED MTC FD YV MC AFG MPL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AM HA PO AO CM SPC MJLA RR MT JDA CH PB SHC RC EG MAC. Wrote the paper: MMT. Made contributions to the writing of the manuscript: ED AM HA PO AO CM SPC MJLA RR MT JDA CH PB SHC RC EG MAC LPA FD AFG VM MS MTC YV MC MPL.