About the Authors

Chandran Ramakrishna

Affiliation Department of Virology, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope; Duarte, California, United States of America

Adrianna Ferraioli

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

Aleth Calle

Affiliations Centre de Génétique et Physiologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire CNRS UMR5534, Université de Lyon 1, Lyon, France, Université de Lyon 1, Lyon, France, Laboratoire d’excellence, LabEX DEVweCAN, Lyon, France

Thanh K. Nguyen

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

Harry Openshaw

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope; Duarte, California, United States of America

Patric S. Lundberg

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

Patrick Lomonte

Affiliations Centre de Génétique et Physiologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire CNRS UMR5534, Université de Lyon 1, Lyon, France, Université de Lyon 1, Lyon, France, Laboratoire d’excellence, LabEX DEVweCAN, Lyon, France

Edouard M. Cantin

ecantin@coh.org

Affiliations Department of Virology, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope; Duarte, California, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope; Duarte, California, United States of America, Department of Immunology, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope; Duarte, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EMC CR PSL. Performed the experiments: CR AF AC PSL PL. Analyzed the data: EMC CR PSL PL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EMC PSL PL. Wrote the paper: EMC CR HO. Performed DNA PCR for HSV gG to determine HSV latent genomic loads: TKN.