About the Authors

John C. Morrill

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Tetsuro Ikegami

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Naoko Yoshikawa-Iwata

Current address: National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musahi-murayama, Tokyo, Japan

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Nandadeva Lokugamage

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Sungyong Won

Current address: The Department of Genetics, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Kaori Terasaki

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Aya Zamoto-Niikura

Current address: National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musahi-murayama, Tokyo, Japan

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

C. J. Peters

cjpeters@utmb.edu (CJP); shmakino@utmb.edu (SM)

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Shinji Makino

cjpeters@utmb.edu (CJP); shmakino@utmb.edu (SM)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JCM TI CJP SM. Performed the experiments: JCM TI NYI NL SW KT. Analyzed the data: JCM TI NYI NL SW KT CJP SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AZN. Wrote the paper: JCM TI NYI SM.