About the Authors

Abdul Wakeel

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Xiaofeng Zhang

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Jere W. McBride

jemcbrid@utmb.edu

Affiliations Department of Pathology, 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, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, 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: AW JWM. Performed the experiments: AW. Analyzed the data: AW JWM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AW XZ JWM. Wrote the paper: AW JWM.