About the Authors

Ami Patel

Current address: San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, Milan, Italy

Affiliations Special Pathogens Program, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Jessica C. Dong

Affiliations Special Pathogens Program, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada, Department of Immunology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Brett Trost

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

Jason S. Richardson

Affiliation Special Pathogens Program, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada

Sarah Tohme

Affiliation Special Pathogens Program, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada

Shawn Babiuk

Affiliations Department of Immunology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Anthony Kusalik

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

Sam K. P. Kung

Affiliation Department of Immunology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Gary P. Kobinger

gary_kobinger@phac-aspc.gc.ca

Affiliations Special Pathogens Program, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, Department of Immunology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AP GK. Performed the experiments: AP JCD BT JSR ST GK. Analyzed the data: AP JCD BT AK SKPK GK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SB AK SKPK. Wrote the paper: AP GK.