About the Authors

Shannon McNulty

Affiliation Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Graduate Program, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

William Bornmann

Affiliation MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Jill Schriewer

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Chas Werner

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Scott K. Smith

Affiliation Poxvirus Team, Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Viral and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Victoria A. Olson

Affiliation Poxvirus Team, Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Viral and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Inger K. Damon

Affiliation Poxvirus Team, Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Viral and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

R. Mark Buller

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

John Heuser

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Daniel Kalman

dkalman@emory.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SLM JMS CAW SKS VAO JEH DK. Performed the experiments: SLM JMS CAW SKS VAO JEH. Analyzed the data: SLM JMS CAW SKS VAO IKD RMLB JEH DK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SLM WGB. Wrote the paper: SLM DK.