About the Authors

Nazzarena Labo

Affiliations Viral Oncology Section, AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Wendell Miley

Affiliation Viral Oncology Section, AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Vickie Marshall

Affiliation Viral Oncology Section, AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

William Gillette

Affiliation Protein Expression Laboratory, Advanced Technology Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Dominic Esposito

Affiliation Protein Expression Laboratory, Advanced Technology Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Matthew Bess

Affiliation Protein Expression Laboratory, Advanced Technology Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Alexandra Turano

Affiliation Protein Expression Laboratory, Advanced Technology Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Thomas Uldrick

Affiliation HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Mark N. Polizzotto

Affiliation HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Kathleen M. Wyvill

Affiliation HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Rachel Bagni

Affiliation Protein Expression Laboratory, Advanced Technology Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Robert Yarchoan

Affiliation HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Denise Whitby

whitbyd@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Viral Oncology Section, AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts. The spouse of one of the authors (RY) is a coinventor on one or more patents related to an assay for the measurement of antibodies to KSHV viral IL-6. This work was done as a full-time employee of the US government under 45 Code of Federal Regulations Part 7. All rights, title, and interest to these patents have been or should by law be assigned to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The government conveys a portion of the royalties it receives to its employee inventors under the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 (P.L. 99-502). This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NL DW. Performed the experiments: WM VM AT MB. Analyzed the data: NL TU MNP RY RB MB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WG DE. Wrote the paper: NL DW. Collected clinical data: TU. Designed and/or managed clinical protocols and provided patient care: TU MNP KMW RY.