About the Authors

Rebecca Brocato

Affiliation Virology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America

Matthew Josleyn

Affiliation Virology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America

John Ballantyne

Affiliation Aldevron, LLC, Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America

Pablo Vial

Affiliation Institute of Science, Medical School, Clinica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile

Jay W. Hooper

jay.w.hooper@us.army.mil

Affiliation Virology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

JWH has a patent application (United States Patent Application 20040053216) in which the Andes virus DNA vaccine plasmid used to produce neutralizing antibodies is a subject invention. JB is the Chief Scientific Officer of Aldevron. These interests do not alter our adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JWH PV JB. Performed the experiments: RB MJ JB JWH. Analyzed the data: RB JWH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PV. Wrote the paper: RB JWH.