About the Authors

Kathryn C. Meier

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Center for Molecular & Tumor Virology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Christina L. Gardner

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Center for Molecular & Tumor Virology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Mikhail V. Khoretonenko

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Center for Molecular & Tumor Virology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

William B. Klimstra

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Center for Molecular & Tumor Virology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Kate D. Ryman

kryman@lsuhsc.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Center for Molecular & Tumor Virology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KCM WBK KDR. Performed the experiments: KCM CLG MVK KDR. Analyzed the data: KCM CLG WBK KDR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MVK WBK KDR. Wrote the paper: KCM WBK KDR.