About the Authors

Liqun Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Liqun Zhang, Brian Button

Affiliation CF/Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Brian Button

Contributed equally to this work with: Liqun Zhang, Brian Button

Affiliation CF/Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Sherif E. Gabriel

Affiliation CF/Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Susan Burkett

Affiliation CF/Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Yu Yan

Affiliation CF/Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Mario H. Skiadopoulos

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

Yan Li Dang

Affiliation CF/Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Leatrice N. Vogel

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

Tristan McKay

Affiliation CF/Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

April Mengos

Affiliation Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America

Richard C. Boucher

Affiliation CF/Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Peter L. Collins

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

Raymond J. Pickles

branston@med.unc.edu

Affiliations CF/Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

The author(s) have made the following declarations about their contributions: Conceived and designed the experiments: LZ BB SEG RCB PLC RJP. Performed the experiments: LZ BB SEG SB YY MHS YLD LNV TM AM RJP. Analyzed the data: LZ BB SEG YY MHS TM RCB PLC RJP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LZ BB SEG SB MHS YLD LNV PLC RJP. Wrote the paper: LZ BB RJP.