About the Authors

Nazly Shafagati

Affiliation National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Aarthi Narayanan

Affiliation National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Alan Baer

Affiliation National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Katherine Fite

Affiliation National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Chelsea Pinkham

Affiliation National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Charles Bailey

Affiliation National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Fatah Kashanchi

Affiliation National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Benjamin Lepene

Affiliation Ceres Nanoscience, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Kylene Kehn-Hall

kkehnhal@gmu.edu

Affiliation National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Benjamin Lepene is employed by Ceres Nanosciences, which is the commerical vendor of the NanoTrap particles being used in the study.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AN FK CB BL KKH. Performed the experiments: NS AB CP KF. Analyzed the data: NS AN KKH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BL. Wrote the paper: NS AN KKH.