About the Authors

Olga A. Lihoradova

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Sabarish V. Indran

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Birte Kalveram

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Nandadeva Lokugamage

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Jennifer A. Head

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Bin Gong

Affiliations Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Galveston National Laboratory, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Bersabeh Tigabu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Terry L. Juelich

Affiliations Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Galveston National Laboratory, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Alexander N. Freiberg

Affiliations Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Galveston National Laboratory, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Tetsuro Ikegami

teikegam@utmb.edu

Affiliations Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OAL ANF TI. Performed the experiments: SVI NL BK JAH BG BT TLJ ANF TI. Analyzed the data: OAL SVI BK TI. Wrote the paper: OAL BK TI.