About the Authors

Lin Chen

Affiliations Department of Pathogenic Biology, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Gladys J. Keitany

Affiliation Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Xiaohong Peng

Affiliations Department of Pathogenic Biology, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Claire Gibson

Affiliation Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Isaac Mohar

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Marissa Vignali

Affiliation Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Ian N. Crispe

Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Fusheng Huang

fushenghster@gmail.com (FH); ruobing.wang@seattlebiomed.org (RW)

Affiliation Department of Pathogenic Biology, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Ruobing Wang

fushenghster@gmail.com (FH); ruobing.wang@seattlebiomed.org (RW)

Affiliations Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LC GK IM INC FH RW. Performed the experiments: LC GK XP CG. Analyzed the data: LC GK CG MV RW. Wrote the paper: LC GK MV RW IC.