About the Authors

Andrew D. Haddow

andrew.d.haddow.ctr@mail.mil

Affiliations The University of Texas Medical Branch, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Department of Pathology and Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Galveston, Texas, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Virology Division, Fort Detrick, Maryland

Farooq Nasar

Affiliations The University of Texas Medical Branch, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Department of Pathology and Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Galveston, Texas, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Virology Division, Fort Detrick, Maryland

Hilda Guzman

Affiliation The University of Texas Medical Branch, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Department of Pathology and Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Galveston, Texas

Alongkot Ponlawat

Affiliation Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), Department of Entomology, Bangkok, Thailand

Richard G. Jarman

Affiliation Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), Department of Virology, Bangkok, Thailand

Robert B. Tesh

Affiliation The University of Texas Medical Branch, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Department of Pathology and Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Galveston, Texas

Scott C. Weaver

Affiliations The University of Texas Medical Branch, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Department of Pathology and Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Galveston, Texas, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Galveston, Texas

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ADH. Performed the experiments: ADH FN HG. Analyzed the data: ADH FN RBT SCW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AP RGJ. Wrote the paper: ADH FN SCW.