About the Authors

Bettina Bankamp

bbankamp@cdc.gov

Affiliation Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Herpes Virus Laboratory Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Chunyu Liu

Affiliations Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Herpes Virus Laboratory Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Pierre Rivailler

Affiliation Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Herpes Virus Laboratory Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jayati Bera

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Susmita Shrivastava

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Ewen F. Kirkness

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

William J. Bellini

Affiliation Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Herpes Virus Laboratory Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Paul A. Rota

Affiliation Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Herpes Virus Laboratory Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BB EFK PAR. Performed the experiments: BB CL PR SS. Analyzed the data: BB PR JB SS EFK WJB PAR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PR SS EFK. Wrote the paper: BB WJB PAR.