About the Authors

Denise C. Hsu

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

hsudc@hiv-th.org (DCH); svasan@hivresearch.org (SV)

Affiliations Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand, U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Alexandra Schuetz

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand, U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Rawiwan Imerbsin

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

Decha Silsorn

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

Amarendra Pegu

Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

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

Dutsadee Inthawong

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

Jumpol Sopanaporn

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

Pornsuk Visudhiphan

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

Weerawan Chuenarom

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

Boot Keawboon

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

Wei Shi

Roles Methodology, Resources

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

Merlin L. Robb

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

John R. Mascola

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

Romas Geleziunas

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Gilead Sciences, Inc, Foster City, California, United States of America

Richard A. Koup

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

Dan H. Barouch

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Nelson L. Michael

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Infectious Diseases Research, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Sandhya Vasan

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

hsudc@hiv-th.org (DCH); svasan@hivresearch.org (SV)

Affiliations Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand, U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, 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:RG is an employee of Gilead Sciences. JRM is an inventor on an NIH patent for N6.