About the Authors

Cheng Huang

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Aida G. Walker

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Ashley M. Grant

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Olga A. Kolokoltsova

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Nadezhda E. Yun

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Alexey V. Seregin

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Slobodan Paessler

slpaessl@utmb.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, 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: CH SP. Performed the experiments: CH AGW AMG OAK NEY AVS. Analyzed the data: CH SP. Wrote the paper: CH SP.