About the Authors
- Fengliang Liu
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Xiuzhen Fan
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Sarah Auclair
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Monique Ferguson
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Jiaren Sun
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Lynn Soong
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Wei Hou
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Affiliation School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- Robert R. Redfield
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Affiliation Institute of Human Virology and Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Deborah L. Birx
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Affiliation U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Water Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America
- Silvia Ratto-Kim
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Affiliation U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America
- Merlin L. Robb
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Affiliation U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America
- Jerome H. Kim
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Affiliation International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea; U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Water Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America
- Nelson L. Michael
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Affiliation U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Water Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America
- Haitao Hu
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* E-mail: haihu@UTMB.edu
Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HH FL. Performed the experiments: FL XF SA HH. Analyzed the data: FL XF SA MF JS LS WH HH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MF RRR DLB SRK MLR JHK NLM. Wrote the paper: HH FL MF JS LS SRK MLR JHK NLM.