About the Authors

Marc P. Hübner

edward.mitre@usuhs.edu (EM); huebner@microbiology-bonn.de (MPH)

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Kristin E. Killoran

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Michael Rajnik

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Samuel Wilson

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Kevin C. Yim

Affiliations Virion Systems, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, Sigmovir Biosystems Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Marina N. Torrero

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Christopher P. Morris

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Boris Nikonenko

Affiliation Sequella, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Jorge C. G. Blanco

Affiliations Virion Systems, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, Sigmovir Biosystems Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Val G. Hemming

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Virion Systems, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Edward Mitre

edward.mitre@usuhs.edu (EM); huebner@microbiology-bonn.de (MPH)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MPH MR JCGB VGH EM. Performed the experiments: MPH KEK MR SW KCY MNT CPM BN VGH EM. Analyzed the data: MPH KEK MNT VGH EM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BN JCGB VGH EM. Wrote the paper: MPH EM.