About the Authors

Madeline R. Steck

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

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas-Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Cecília A. Banho

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

Affiliation Laboratório de Pesquisas em Virologia, Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Vsevolod L. Popov

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

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas-Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Haiping Hao

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Texas-Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Kathryn A. Hanley

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

Mauricio L. Nogueira

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Texas-Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Laboratório de Pesquisas em Virologia, Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Nikos Vasilakis

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

nivasila@utmb.edu

Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Texas-Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Center for Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.