About the Authors

Viveka Vadyvaloo

Current address: Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology and School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Affiliation Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Clayton Jarrett

Affiliation Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Daniel E. Sturdevant

Affiliation Genomics Unit, Research Technologies Section; Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Florent Sebbane

Affiliation Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U801, Institut Pasteur de Lille, and Université Lille Nord de France, Lille, France

B. Joseph Hinnebusch

jhinnebusch@niaid.nih.gov

Affiliation Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VV DES FS BJH. Performed the experiments: VV CJ BJH. Analyzed the data: VV CJ DES FS BJH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DES FS. Wrote the paper: VV DES BJH.