About the Authors

Marko Zivcec

Affiliation Viral Special Pathogens Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Maureen G. Metcalfe

Affiliation Infectious Disease Pathology Branch, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

César G. Albariño

Affiliation Viral Special Pathogens Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Lisa W. Guerrero

Affiliation Viral Special Pathogens Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Scott D. Pegan

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Christina F. Spiropoulou

Affiliation Viral Special Pathogens Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Éric Bergeron

ebergeron@cdc.gov

Affiliation Viral Special Pathogens Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MZ EB CGA. Performed the experiments: MZ EB MGM. Analyzed the data: MZ EB CGA CFS MGM SDP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LWG CGA EB. Wrote the paper: MZ EB CFS CGA SDP.