About the Authors

Kimberly A. Bishop-Lilly

Kim.bishop-lilly@med.navy.mil

Affiliation Biological Defense Research Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Michael J. Turell

Affiliation United States Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America

Kristin M. Willner

Affiliation Biological Defense Research Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Amy Butani

Affiliation Biological Defense Research Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Nichole M. E. Nolan

Affiliation Biological Defense Research Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Shannon M. Lentz

Affiliation Biological Defense Research Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Arya Akmal

Affiliation Biological Defense Research Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Al Mateczun

Affiliation Biological Defense Research Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Trupti N. Brahmbhatt

Affiliation Biological Defense Research Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Shanmuga Sozhamannan

Affiliation Biological Defense Research Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Chris A. Whitehouse

Affiliation United States Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America

Timothy D. Read

Current address: Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Affiliation Biological Defense Research Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KABL CAW TDR. Performed the experiments: KABL MJT KMW AB NMEN SML. Analyzed the data: KABL AA AM TNB SS CAW TDR. Wrote the paper: KABL SS TDR.