About the Authors

Inger K. Damon

IDamon@cdc.gov

Affiliation Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Clarissa R. Damaso

Affiliation Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Grant McFadden

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

GM and CRD are advisors to the WHO ACVVR. IKD is Chief of the Poxvirus and Rabies Branch of the CDC and Director of the WHO Collaborating Center for Smallpox and other Poxvirus Infections at CDC. GM is co-EIC of PLOS Pathogens. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS policies on sharing data and materials. Information sharing is part of the WHO policy on reporting results of the smallpox research agenda.