About the Authors

Thomas W. Geisbert

Affiliations National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kathleen M. Daddario-DiCaprio

Affiliation National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Andrew C. Hickey

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Mark A. Smith

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Pathology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Yee-Peng Chan

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Lin-Fa Wang

Affiliation Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Livestock Industries, Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organization, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Joseph J. Mattapallil

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Joan B. Geisbert

Affiliation National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Katharine N. Bossart

Affiliations National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Christopher C. Broder

cbroder@usuhs.mil

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TWG CCB. Performed the experiments: TWG KDD ACH MAS YPC JJM JBG KNB CCB. Analyzed the data: TWG KDD ACH MAS LFW JJM JBG KNB CCB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TWG KDD ACH MAS YPC LFW JJM KNB CCB. Wrote the paper: TWG CCB.