About the Authors

Natalia V. Voge

Natalia.Voge@Colostate.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Rushika Perera

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Sebabrata Mahapatra

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Lionel Gresh

Affiliation Sustainable Sciences Institute, Managua, Nicaragua

Angel Balmaseda

Affiliation Laboratorio Nacional de Virología, Centro Nacional de Diagnóstico y Referencia, Ministry of Health, Managua, Nicaragua

María A. Loroño-Pino

Affiliation Laboratorio de Arbovirología, Centro de Investigaciones Regionales Dr. Hideyo Noguchi, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, México

Amber S. Hopf-Jannasch

Affiliation Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

John T. Belisle

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Eva Harris

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Carol D. Blair

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Barry J. Beaty

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NVV RP SM MALP ASHJ JTB EH CDB BJB. Performed the experiments: NVV SM ASHJ. Analyzed the data: NVV JTB SM CDB BJB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LG AB MALP EH. Wrote the paper: NVV SM LG ASHJ EH CDB BJB.