About the Authors

Laura A. VanBlargan

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

Swati Mukherjee

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

Kimberly A. Dowd

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

Anna P. Durbin

Affiliation Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Stephen S. Whitehead

Affiliation Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Theodore C. Pierson

piersontc@mail.nih.gov

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

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts. SSW is an inventor on US and Foreign issued patents for the DENV live attenuated vaccines studied within. This does not alter our adherence to all PLoS Pathogens policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LAV SM KAD TCP. Performed the experiments: LAV SM. Analyzed the data: LAV SM KAD SSW TCP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: APD SSW. Wrote the paper: LAV SM KAD SSW TCP.