About the Authors

Huan H. Nguyen

hhnguyen@ivi.int

Affiliations International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Korea, Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Terrence M. Tumpey

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

Hae-Jung Park

Affiliation International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Korea

Young-Ho Byun

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, College of Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Linh D. Tran

Affiliation Department of Animal Biotechnology, College of Animal Bioscience and Technology, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea

Van D. Nguyen

Affiliation Department of Animal Biotechnology, College of Animal Bioscience and Technology, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea

Paul E. Kilgore

Affiliation International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Korea

Cecil Czerkinsky

Affiliation International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Korea

Jacqueline M. Katz

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

Baik Lin Seong

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, College of Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Jae Min Song

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, College of Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Young Bong Kim

Affiliation Department of Animal Biotechnology, College of Animal Bioscience and Technology, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea

Hoa T. Do

Affiliation National Centre for Veterinary Diagnostics, Department of Animal Health, Hanoi, Vietnam

Tung Nguyen

Affiliation National Centre for Veterinary Diagnostics, Department of Animal Health, Hanoi, Vietnam

Cam V. Nguyen

Affiliation National Centre for Veterinary Diagnostics, Department of Animal Health, Hanoi, Vietnam

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HHN TMT. Performed the experiments: HHN TMT HJP YHB LDT VDN JMS HTD. Analyzed the data: HHN TMT HJP PK CC JMK BLLS YBK TN CVN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMK BLLS JMS YBK TN CVN. Wrote the paper: HHN TMT PK CC JMK.