About the Authors

Suresh de Silva

Affiliation Center for Retrovirus Research, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Vicente Planelles

Affiliation Division of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Li Wu

wu.840@osu.edu

Affiliation Center for Retrovirus Research, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SdS LW. Performed the experiments: SdS. Analyzed the data: SdS LW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VP. Wrote the paper: SdS VP LW.