About the Authors
- William J. Weise
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Affiliation Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Center for Tropical Diseases, and Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Meghan E. Hermance
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Affiliation Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Center for Tropical Diseases, and Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Naomi Forrester
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Affiliation Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Center for Tropical Diseases, and Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- A. Paige Adams
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Affiliation Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Center for Tropical Diseases, and Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Rose Langsjoen
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Affiliation Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Center for Tropical Diseases, and Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Rodion Gorchakov
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Current address: Department of Pediatrics, Section of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
Affiliation Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Center for Tropical Diseases, and Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Eryu Wang
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Affiliation Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Center for Tropical Diseases, and Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Maria D. H. Alcorn
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Affiliation Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Center for Tropical Diseases, and Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Konstantin Tsetsarkin
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Current address: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, Neurotropic Flaviviruses Section, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
Affiliation Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Center for Tropical Diseases, and Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Scott C. Weaver
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* E-mail: sweaver@utmb.edu
Affiliation Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Center for Tropical Diseases, and Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
Competing Interests
I have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: SCW holds a patent for the attenuation methods used to make the vaccine described in this paper. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: WJW MEH NF APA RL RG KT SCW. Performed the experiments: WJW MEH NF APA RL RG EW MDHA KT. Analyzed the data: WJW NF APA RL SCW. Wrote the paper: WJW NF APA SCW.