About the Authors

Daniel Mendoza

Affiliation HIV-Specific Immunity Section, Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Stephen A. Migueles

Affiliation HIV-Specific Immunity Section, Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Julia E. Rood

Affiliation HIV-Specific Immunity Section, Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Bennett Peterson

Affiliation HIV-Specific Immunity Section, Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Sarah Johnson

Affiliation HIV-Specific Immunity Section, Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Nicole Doria-Rose

Affiliation HIV-Specific Immunity Section, Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Douglas Schneider

Affiliation AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Eva Rakasz

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Matthew T. Trivett

Affiliation AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Charles M. Trubey

Affiliation AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Vicky Coalter

Affiliation AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Claire W. Hallahan

Affiliation Biostatistics Research Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

David Watkins

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Department of Pathology Clinical Research Building, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Genoveffa Franchini

Affiliation Vaccine Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Jeffrey D. Lifson

Affiliation AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Mark Connors

mconnors@nih.gov

Affiliation HIV-Specific Immunity Section, Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SAM DW GF JDL MC. Performed the experiments: DM JER BP SJ NDR DS ER MTT CMT VC. Analyzed the data: DM SAM JER BP SJ JDL CWH MC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DM SAM JER BP SJ NDR DS ER MTT CMT VC DW GF JDL MC. Wrote the paper: DM SAM JDL CWH MC.