About the Authors

Rujun Song

Affiliations Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Irene Lisovsky

Affiliations Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Bertrand Lebouché

Affiliations Chronic Viral Illness Service, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Department of Family Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Jean-Pierre Routy

Affiliations Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Chronic Viral Illness Service, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Division of Hematology, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Julie Bruneau

Affiliations Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Department of Family Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Nicole F. Bernard

nicole.bernard@mcgill.ca

Affiliations Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Chronic Viral Illness Service, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Division of Clinical Immunology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RS NFB JB IL. Performed the experiments: RS IL. Analyzed the data: RS NFB JB IL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB NFB BL JPR. Wrote the paper: RS NFB JB IL BL JPR.