About the Authors

Amina A. Negash

Affiliation Center for the Study of Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Immunity, Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Hilario J. Ramos

Affiliation Center for the Study of Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Immunity, Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Nanette Crochet

Affiliation Center for the Study of Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Immunity, Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Daryl T. Y. Lau

Affiliation Liver Center, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Brian Doehle

Affiliation Center for the Study of Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Immunity, Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Neven Papic

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Don A. Delker

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Juandy Jo

Affiliations Viral Hepatitis Laboratory, Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Agency of Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Program Emerging Viral Diseases Unit, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore

Antonio Bertoletti

Affiliations Viral Hepatitis Laboratory, Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Agency of Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Program Emerging Viral Diseases Unit, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore

Curt H. Hagedorn

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Michael Gale Jr

mgale@uw.edu

Affiliation Center for the Study of Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Immunity, Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AAN MG. Performed the experiments: AAN HJR BD NC NP JJ. Analyzed the data: AAN MG CHH DAD NP AB JJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DTYL CHH AB JJ. Wrote the paper: AAN MG.