About the Authors

Svetlana Shcherbik

Affiliations Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America, Battelle, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Nicholas Pearce

Affiliations Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America, Battelle, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Amanda Balish

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Joyce Jones

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Sharmi Thor

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Charles Todd Davis

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Melissa Pearce

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Terrence Tumpey

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

David Cureton

Current Address: Merial, Inc., Athens, GA, United States of America

Affiliations Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America, Atlanta Research and Education Foundation, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Li-Mei Chen

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Julie Villanueva

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Tatiana L. Bousse

tbousse@cdc.gov

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TB SS CTD TT. Performed the experiments: SS NP AB JJ ST MP DC LMC TB. Analyzed the data: SS TB CTD TT. Wrote the paper: SS TB CTD TT JV.