About the Authors

Rajini Mudhasani

Affiliation Molecular and Translational Sciences Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Krishna P. Kota

Affiliation Molecular and Translational Sciences Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Cary Retterer

Affiliation Molecular and Translational Sciences Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Julie P. Tran

Affiliation Molecular and Translational Sciences Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Chris A. Whitehouse

Affiliation Molecular and Translational Sciences Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Sina Bavari

sina.bavari.civ@mail.mil

Affiliation Molecular and Translational Sciences Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RM KPK SB. Performed the experiments: CR JPT RM KPK. Analyzed the data: RM KPK SB. Wrote the paper: RM CAW SB.