About the Authors

Huanbin Xu

Affiliation Division of Comparative Pathology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, Louisiana, United States of America

Xiaolei Wang

Affiliation Division of Comparative Pathology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, Louisiana, United States of America

Lisa A. Morici

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Bapi Pahar

Affiliation Division of Comparative Pathology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, Louisiana, United States of America

Ronald S. Veazey

rveazey@tulane.edu

Affiliation Division of Comparative Pathology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RSV HX. Performed the experiments: XW HX BP LAM. Analyzed the data: XW BP HX LAM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LAM XW HX BP RSV. Wrote the paper: HX RSV.