About the Authors

Christina L. Hutson

CHutson1@cdc.gov

Affiliation Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Darin S. Carroll

Affiliation Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Nadia Gallardo-Romero

Affiliation Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Sonja Weiss

Affiliation Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Cody Clemmons

Affiliation Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Christine M. Hughes

Affiliation Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Johanna S. Salzer

Affiliations Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Program in Population Biology, Ecology and Evolution, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Victoria A. Olson

Affiliation Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jason Abel

Affiliation Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Kevin L. Karem

Affiliation Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Inger K. Damon

Affiliation Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CLH DSC NG-R VAO KLK IKD. Performed the experiments: CLH DSC NG-R SW CC JSS JA. Analyzed the data: CLH SW CC CMH VAO KLK IKD. Wrote the paper: CLH DSC NG-R SW CC CMH JSS VAO KLK IKD.