About the Authors

Bradley S. Schneider

Current address: Global Viral Forecasting Initiative (GVFI), San Francisco, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Center for Biodefense & Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Lynn Soong

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Center for Biodefense & Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Lark L. Coffey

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Department of Virology, Viral Populations and Pathogenesis Group, Paris, France

Heather L. Stevenson

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Center for Biodefense & Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Charles E. McGee

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Center for Biodefense & Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Stephen Higgs

sthiggs@UTMB.EDU

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Center for Biodefense & Emerging Infectious Diseases, 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: BSS LS SH. Performed the experiments: BSS LLC HLS CEM. Analyzed the data: BSS LS SH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BSS LS LLC HLS SH. Wrote the paper: BSS LS LLC SH.