About the Authors
- William B. Messer
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Boyd Yount
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Kari E. Hacker
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and Southeast Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Eric F. Donaldson
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Jeremy P. Huynh
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Aravinda M. de Silva
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* E-mail: aravinda_desilva@med.unc.edu (AMdS); rbaric@email.unc.edu (RSB)
Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and Southeast Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Ralph S. Baric
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* E-mail: aravinda_desilva@med.unc.edu (AMdS); rbaric@email.unc.edu (RSB)
Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: WBM BY KEH EFD AMdS RSB. Performed the experiments: WBM BY KEH JPH. Analyzed the data: WBM AMdS RSB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WBM EFD BY KEH. Wrote the paper: WBM BY KEH EFD AMdS RSB.