About the Authors

Joseph Prescott

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Pamela Hall

Affiliation Research Service (151), New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Mariana Acuna-Retamar

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Center for Infectious Diseases and Immunity, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Chunyan Ye

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Center for Infectious Diseases and Immunity, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Marc G. Wathelet

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Center for Infectious Diseases and Immunity, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America, Infectious Disease Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Hideki Ebihara

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Heinz Feldmann

feldmannh@niaid.nih.gov

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Brian Hjelle

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Center for Infectious Diseases and Immunity, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America, Department of Biology, Center for Infectious Diseases and Immunity, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Center for Infectious Diseases and Immunity, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JP PH MGW HE BH. Performed the experiments: JP PH MAR CY. Analyzed the data: JP PH BH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MGW HE HF BH. Wrote the paper: JP HE HF BH.