About the Authors

Pramila Walpita

prwalpit@utmb.edu

Affiliation Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Disease, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Jennifer Barr

Affiliation Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Michael Sherman

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Christopher F. Basler

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Linfa Wang

Affiliation Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PW. Performed the experiments: PW JB MS. Analyzed the data: PW JB MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CB. Wrote the paper: PW. Reviewed the manuscript and provided valuable comments and suggestions: CB LW.