About the Authors

Joseph R. Fauver

Contributed equally to this work with: Joseph R. Fauver, James Weger-Lucarelli

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

josephfauver@wustl.edu

Current address: Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

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

James Weger-Lucarelli

Contributed equally to this work with: Joseph R. Fauver, James Weger-Lucarelli

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Viral Populations and Pathogenesis Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

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

Lawrence S. Fakoli III

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Liberian Institute for Biomedical Research, Charlesville, Liberia

Kpehe Bolay

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Liberian Institute for Biomedical Research, Charlesville, Liberia

Fatorma K. Bolay

Roles Project administration, Resources

Affiliation Liberian Institute for Biomedical Research, Charlesville, Liberia

Joseph W. Diclaro II

Roles Project administration, Resources

Affiliation United States Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt

Doug E. Brackney

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Center for Vector Biology and Zoonotic Diseases, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

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

Brian D. Foy

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

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

Mark D. Stenglein

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Software, Writing – review & editing

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

Gregory D. Ebel

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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 interest exist.