About the Authors

Subhadra Nandakumar

Contributed equally to this work with: Subhadra Nandakumar, Sunil Kannanganat, Suraj B. Sable

Affiliation Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Sunil Kannanganat

Contributed equally to this work with: Subhadra Nandakumar, Sunil Kannanganat, Suraj B. Sable

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Karen M. Dobos

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Megan Lucas

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

John S. Spencer

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Sunan Fang

Affiliation Biotechnology Core Facility Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Melissa A. McDonald

Affiliation Biotechnology Core Facility Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jan Pohl

Affiliation Biotechnology Core Facility Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Kristin Birkness

Affiliation Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Venkateswarlu Chamcha

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Melissa V. Ramirez

Affiliation Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Bonnie B. Plikaytis

Affiliation Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

James E. Posey

Affiliation Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Rama Rao Amara

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Suraj B. Sable

Contributed equally to this work with: Subhadra Nandakumar, Sunil Kannanganat, Suraj B. Sable

SSable@cdc.gov

Affiliation Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, 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: SBS SN SK KMD RRA. Performed the experiments: SN SBS SK KB MVR JEP JSS KMD. Analyzed the data: SK SN SBS KMD VC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KMD ML JSS SF MAM JP BBP RRA. Wrote the paper: SBS KMD JP JEP.