About the Authors

Jun Hang

Contributed equally to this work with: Jun Hang, Brett M. Forshey

jun.hang.ctr@mail.mil

Affiliation Viral Diseases Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Brett M. Forshey

Contributed equally to this work with: Jun Hang, Brett M. Forshey

Affiliation U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Iquitos and Lima, Peru

Yu Yang

Affiliation Viral Diseases Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Víctor Fiestas Solórzano

Affiliation Centro Nacional de Salud Publica, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Lima, Peru

Robert A. Kuschner

Affiliation Viral Diseases Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Eric S. Halsey

Affiliation U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Iquitos and Lima, Peru

Richard G. Jarman

Affiliation Viral Diseases Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Tadeusz J. Kochel

Affiliation U.S. Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JH BMF RAK ESH RGJ TJK. Performed the experiments: JH BMF YY. Analyzed the data: JH BMF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BMF VFS RAK ESH RGJ TJK. Wrote the paper: JH BMF.