About the Authors

Peter B. Gilbert

Contributed equally to this work with: Peter B. Gilbert, Jean-Louis Excler, Georgia D. Tomaras, Lindsay N. Carpp, Barton F. Haynes, Gustavo H. Kijak, Sodsai Tovanabutra, Donald P. Francis, Carter Lee, Faruk Sinangil, Phillip W. Berman, Nelson L. Michael, Merlin L. Robb, Rhoda Morrow, Lawrence Corey, Jerome H. Kim

Affiliations Statistical Center for HIV/AIDS Research and Prevention, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Jean-Louis Excler

Contributed equally to this work with: Peter B. Gilbert, Jean-Louis Excler, Georgia D. Tomaras, Lindsay N. Carpp, Barton F. Haynes, Gustavo H. Kijak, Sodsai Tovanabutra, Donald P. Francis, Carter Lee, Faruk Sinangil, Phillip W. Berman, Nelson L. Michael, Merlin L. Robb, Rhoda Morrow, Lawrence Corey, Jerome H. Kim

jexcler@hivresearch.org, jeanlouis.excler@ivi.int

Current address: International Vaccine Initiative, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Affiliations The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, US Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Georgia D. Tomaras

Contributed equally to this work with: Peter B. Gilbert, Jean-Louis Excler, Georgia D. Tomaras, Lindsay N. Carpp, Barton F. Haynes, Gustavo H. Kijak, Sodsai Tovanabutra, Donald P. Francis, Carter Lee, Faruk Sinangil, Phillip W. Berman, Nelson L. Michael, Merlin L. Robb, Rhoda Morrow, Lawrence Corey, Jerome H. Kim

Affiliation Duke University Human Vaccine Institute and the Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Lindsay N. Carpp

Contributed equally to this work with: Peter B. Gilbert, Jean-Louis Excler, Georgia D. Tomaras, Lindsay N. Carpp, Barton F. Haynes, Gustavo H. Kijak, Sodsai Tovanabutra, Donald P. Francis, Carter Lee, Faruk Sinangil, Phillip W. Berman, Nelson L. Michael, Merlin L. Robb, Rhoda Morrow, Lawrence Corey, Jerome H. Kim

Affiliation Statistical Center for HIV/AIDS Research and Prevention, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Barton F. Haynes

Contributed equally to this work with: Peter B. Gilbert, Jean-Louis Excler, Georgia D. Tomaras, Lindsay N. Carpp, Barton F. Haynes, Gustavo H. Kijak, Sodsai Tovanabutra, Donald P. Francis, Carter Lee, Faruk Sinangil, Phillip W. Berman, Nelson L. Michael, Merlin L. Robb, Rhoda Morrow, Lawrence Corey, Jerome H. Kim

Affiliation Duke University Human Vaccine Institute and the Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Hua-Xin Liao

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Duke University Human Vaccine Institute and the Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

David C. Montefiori

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Supachai Rerks-Ngarm

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Punnee Pitisuttithum

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Vaccine Trial Center, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Sorachai Nitayaphan

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

Jaranit Kaewkungwal

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Center of Excellence for Biomedical and Public Health Informatics, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Gustavo H. Kijak

Contributed equally to this work with: Peter B. Gilbert, Jean-Louis Excler, Georgia D. Tomaras, Lindsay N. Carpp, Barton F. Haynes, Gustavo H. Kijak, Sodsai Tovanabutra, Donald P. Francis, Carter Lee, Faruk Sinangil, Phillip W. Berman, Nelson L. Michael, Merlin L. Robb, Rhoda Morrow, Lawrence Corey, Jerome H. Kim

Affiliations The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, US Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Sodsai Tovanabutra

Contributed equally to this work with: Peter B. Gilbert, Jean-Louis Excler, Georgia D. Tomaras, Lindsay N. Carpp, Barton F. Haynes, Gustavo H. Kijak, Sodsai Tovanabutra, Donald P. Francis, Carter Lee, Faruk Sinangil, Phillip W. Berman, Nelson L. Michael, Merlin L. Robb, Rhoda Morrow, Lawrence Corey, Jerome H. Kim

Affiliations The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, US Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Donald P. Francis

Contributed equally to this work with: Peter B. Gilbert, Jean-Louis Excler, Georgia D. Tomaras, Lindsay N. Carpp, Barton F. Haynes, Gustavo H. Kijak, Sodsai Tovanabutra, Donald P. Francis, Carter Lee, Faruk Sinangil, Phillip W. Berman, Nelson L. Michael, Merlin L. Robb, Rhoda Morrow, Lawrence Corey, Jerome H. Kim

Affiliation Global Solutions for Infectious Diseases, South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Carter Lee

Contributed equally to this work with: Peter B. Gilbert, Jean-Louis Excler, Georgia D. Tomaras, Lindsay N. Carpp, Barton F. Haynes, Gustavo H. Kijak, Sodsai Tovanabutra, Donald P. Francis, Carter Lee, Faruk Sinangil, Phillip W. Berman, Nelson L. Michael, Merlin L. Robb, Rhoda Morrow, Lawrence Corey, Jerome H. Kim

Affiliation Global Solutions for Infectious Diseases, South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Faruk Sinangil

Contributed equally to this work with: Peter B. Gilbert, Jean-Louis Excler, Georgia D. Tomaras, Lindsay N. Carpp, Barton F. Haynes, Gustavo H. Kijak, Sodsai Tovanabutra, Donald P. Francis, Carter Lee, Faruk Sinangil, Phillip W. Berman, Nelson L. Michael, Merlin L. Robb, Rhoda Morrow, Lawrence Corey, Jerome H. Kim

Affiliation Global Solutions for Infectious Diseases, South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Phillip W. Berman

Contributed equally to this work with: Peter B. Gilbert, Jean-Louis Excler, Georgia D. Tomaras, Lindsay N. Carpp, Barton F. Haynes, Gustavo H. Kijak, Sodsai Tovanabutra, Donald P. Francis, Carter Lee, Faruk Sinangil, Phillip W. Berman, Nelson L. Michael, Merlin L. Robb, Rhoda Morrow, Lawrence Corey, Jerome H. Kim

Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Baskin School of Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Nakorn Premsri

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Prayura Kunasol

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Robert J. O’Connell

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Retrovirology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

Nelson L. Michael

Contributed equally to this work with: Peter B. Gilbert, Jean-Louis Excler, Georgia D. Tomaras, Lindsay N. Carpp, Barton F. Haynes, Gustavo H. Kijak, Sodsai Tovanabutra, Donald P. Francis, Carter Lee, Faruk Sinangil, Phillip W. Berman, Nelson L. Michael, Merlin L. Robb, Rhoda Morrow, Lawrence Corey, Jerome H. Kim

Affiliation US Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Merlin L. Robb

Contributed equally to this work with: Peter B. Gilbert, Jean-Louis Excler, Georgia D. Tomaras, Lindsay N. Carpp, Barton F. Haynes, Gustavo H. Kijak, Sodsai Tovanabutra, Donald P. Francis, Carter Lee, Faruk Sinangil, Phillip W. Berman, Nelson L. Michael, Merlin L. Robb, Rhoda Morrow, Lawrence Corey, Jerome H. Kim

Affiliation US Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Rhoda Morrow

Contributed equally to this work with: Peter B. Gilbert, Jean-Louis Excler, Georgia D. Tomaras, Lindsay N. Carpp, Barton F. Haynes, Gustavo H. Kijak, Sodsai Tovanabutra, Donald P. Francis, Carter Lee, Faruk Sinangil, Phillip W. Berman, Nelson L. Michael, Merlin L. Robb, Rhoda Morrow, Lawrence Corey, Jerome H. Kim

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

Lawrence Corey

Contributed equally to this work with: Peter B. Gilbert, Jean-Louis Excler, Georgia D. Tomaras, Lindsay N. Carpp, Barton F. Haynes, Gustavo H. Kijak, Sodsai Tovanabutra, Donald P. Francis, Carter Lee, Faruk Sinangil, Phillip W. Berman, Nelson L. Michael, Merlin L. Robb, Rhoda Morrow, Lawrence Corey, Jerome H. Kim

Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, HIV Vaccine Trials Network, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Jerome H. Kim

Contributed equally to this work with: Peter B. Gilbert, Jean-Louis Excler, Georgia D. Tomaras, Lindsay N. Carpp, Barton F. Haynes, Gustavo H. Kijak, Sodsai Tovanabutra, Donald P. Francis, Carter Lee, Faruk Sinangil, Phillip W. Berman, Nelson L. Michael, Merlin L. Robb, Rhoda Morrow, Lawrence Corey, Jerome H. Kim

Current address: International Vaccine Initiative, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Affiliation US Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Donald P. Francis, Carter Lee and Faruk Sinangil are employees of Global Solutions for Infectious Diseases. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: LC. Data curation: SRN PP SN JK. Formal analysis: PBG. Funding acquisition: NLM. Investigation: SRN PP SN JK DPF CL FS PWB NP PK RJO NLM MLR JHK. Methodology: PBG GDT BFH HXL GHK RM LC DM. Project administration: NLM MLR JHK. Resources: NLM. Software: PBG. Supervision: PBG JHK JLE. Validation: PBG JLE JHK. Visualization: PBG LNC GHK ST. Writing – original draft: PBG JLE GDT LNC. Writing – review & editing: PBG JLE GDT LNC BFH HXL DCM PWB LC JHK.