About the Authors

Diganta Pan

Affiliation Division of Comparative Pathology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, Louisiana, United States of America

Arpita Das

Affiliation Division of Microbiology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, Louisiana, United States of America

David Liu

Affiliation Division of Comparative Pathology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, Louisiana, United States of America

Ronald S. Veazey

Affiliations Division of Comparative Pathology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, Louisiana, United States of America, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Bapi Pahar

bpahar@tulane.edu

Affiliations Division of Comparative Pathology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, Louisiana, United States of America, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BP. Performed the experiments: DP AD BP. Analyzed the data: DP AD DL BP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BP RSV. Wrote the paper: DP AD BP.