About the Authors

Joseph E. Blaney

Contributed equally to this work with: Joseph E. Blaney, Andrea Marzi, Mallory Willet

Affiliation Emerging Viral Pathogens Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Andrea Marzi

Contributed equally to this work with: Joseph E. Blaney, Andrea Marzi, Mallory Willet

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Mallory Willet

Contributed equally to this work with: Joseph E. Blaney, Andrea Marzi, Mallory Willet

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Amy B. Papaneri

Affiliation Emerging Viral Pathogens Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Christoph Wirblich

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Friederike Feldmann

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Michael Holbrook

Affiliation Integrated Research Facility, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America

Peter Jahrling

Affiliations Emerging Viral Pathogens Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Integrated Research Facility, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America

Heinz Feldmann

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Matthias J. Schnell

Matthias.schnell@jefferson.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Jefferson Vaccine Center, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and have the following conflict: pending patent application entitled “US Prov. Appl. MULTIVALENT VACCINES FOR RABIES VIRUS AND FILOVIRUS”. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS Pathogens policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JEB AM CW MJS. Performed the experiments: AM MW ABP CW FF. Analyzed the data: JEB AM MW ABP CW MH MJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JEB AM PJ MH. Wrote the paper: JEB AM HF MJS MW.