About the Authors

Rajini Mudhasani

Affiliation Molecular and Translational Sciences Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Julie P. Tran

Affiliation Molecular and Translational Sciences Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Cary Retterer

Affiliation Molecular and Translational Sciences Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Krishna P. Kota

Affiliations Molecular and Translational Sciences Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America, Perkin Elmer, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America

Chris A. Whitehouse

Affiliation Molecular and Translational Sciences Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Sina Bavari

sina.bavari.civ@mail.mil

Affiliation Molecular and Translational Sciences Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RM SB. Performed the experiments: JPT RM CR KPK. Analyzed the data: RM KPK JPT CR CAW SB. Wrote the paper: RM CAW SB.