About the Authors

Michelle Moore

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Massamba Sylla

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Laura Goss

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Marion Warigia Burugu

Affiliation Centre for Virus Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Rosemary Sang

Affiliation Centre for Virus Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Luna W. Kamau

Affiliation Centre for Biotechnology Research and Development, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Eucharia Unoma Kenya

Affiliation Kenyatta University, Department of Biochemistry, Nairobi, Kenya

Chris Bosio

Affiliation Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Maria de Lourdes Munoz

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, San Pedro Zacatenco, Gustavo A. Madero, México D. F., México

Maria Sharakova

Affiliation Fralin Biotechnology Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

William Cormack Black

wcb4@lamar.colostate.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: M. Moore, C. Bosio, M.d.L. Munoz, W.C. Black. Performed the experiments: M. Moore, M. Sylla, L. Goss, M.W. Burugu, R. Sang, L.W. Kamau, E.U. Kenya, M.d.L. Munoz, M. Sharakova. Analyzed the data: M. Moore, M.d.L. Munoz, W.C. Black. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: M. Sharakova, W.C. Black. Wrote the paper: M. Moore, W.C. Black.