About the Authors

Krista A. Delviks-Frankenberry

Affiliation Viral Mutation Section, HIV Dynamics and Replication Program, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Olga A. Nikolaitchik

Affiliation Viral Recombination Section, HIV Dynamics and Replication Program, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Ryan C. Burdick

Affiliation Viral Mutation Section, HIV Dynamics and Replication Program, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Robert J. Gorelick

Affiliation AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick National Lab, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Brandon F. Keele

Affiliation AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick National Lab, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Wei-Shau Hu

wei-shau.hu@nih.gov (WSH); vinay.pathak@nih.gov (VKP)

Affiliation Viral Recombination Section, HIV Dynamics and Replication Program, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Vinay K. Pathak

wei-shau.hu@nih.gov (WSH); vinay.pathak@nih.gov (VKP)

Affiliation Viral Mutation Section, HIV Dynamics and Replication Program, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, 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: RJG and BFK are employed by Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. The other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VKP WSH. Performed the experiments: KADF OAN RCB RJG BFK. Analyzed the data: KADF OAN RCB RJG BFK WSH VKP. Wrote the paper: KADF OAN RCB RJG BFK WSH VKP.