About the Authors

Shasta D. McClenahan

Affiliation Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Gail Scherba

Affiliations Department of Pathobiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Luke Borst

Current address: Department of Population Health and Pathobiology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Richard L. Fredrickson

Affiliation Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Philip R. Krause

Affiliation Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Christine Uhlenhaut

uhlenhautc@rki.de

Current address: Highly Pathogenic Viruses, Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Affiliation Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CU GS SM LB RF PK. Performed the experiments: CU GS SM LB RF. Analyzed the data: CU GS SM LB RF PK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CU GS SM LB RF PK. Wrote the paper: CU GS SM LB RF PK.