About the Authors

Gallen B. Triana-Baltzer

Affiliation NexBio, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Larisa V. Gubareva

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Alexander I. Klimov

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

David F. Wurtman

Affiliation NexBio, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Ronald B. Moss

Affiliation NexBio, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Maria Hedlund

Affiliation NexBio, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Jeffrey L. Larson

Affiliation NexBio, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Robert B. Belshe

Affiliation Saint Louis University Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Fang Fang

ffang@nexbio.com

Affiliation NexBio, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

NexBio, Inc. has filed the following patent applications on DAS181 (publication #2005/0112751 and #2005/0004020 and related continuations thereof). G.T-B., D.F.W., R.B.M., and F.F are affiliated to NexBio, Inc. http://www.nexbio.com. L.V.G., A.A.K., and R.B.B. declare that they have no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GBTB LVG AIK RBM MH JLL FF. Performed the experiments: GBTB. Analyzed the data: GBTB LVG AIK MH JLL FF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AIK RB. Wrote the paper: GBTB DFW RBM FF.