About the Authors

Nicole L. Yonkers

Affiliation Divisions of Infectious and Rheumatic Diseases, Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University Center for AIDS Research, Case Medical Center and VA Medical Center, University Hospitals, Cleveland Ohio, United States of America

Benigno Rodriguez

Affiliation Divisions of Infectious and Rheumatic Diseases, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University Center for AIDS Research, Case Medical Center and VA Medical Center, University Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Robert Asaad

Affiliation Divisions of Infectious and Rheumatic Diseases, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University Center for AIDS Research, Case Medical Center and VA Medical Center, University Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Michael M. Lederman

Affiliations Divisions of Infectious and Rheumatic Diseases, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University Center for AIDS Research, Case Medical Center and VA Medical Center, University Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Divisions of Infectious and Rheumatic Diseases, Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University Center for AIDS Research, Case Medical Center and VA Medical Center, University Hospitals, Cleveland Ohio, United States of America

Donald D. Anthony

dda3@case.edu

Affiliations Divisions of Infectious and Rheumatic Diseases, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University Center for AIDS Research, Case Medical Center and VA Medical Center, University Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Divisions of Infectious and Rheumatic Diseases, Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University Center for AIDS Research, Case Medical Center and VA Medical Center, University Hospitals, Cleveland Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NLY DDA BR MML. Performed the experiments: NLY RA. Analyzed the data: NLY BR DDA MML RA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DDA. Wrote the paper: NLY DDA.