About the Authors

Zain Bengali

Affiliation Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

P. S. Satheshkumar

Affiliation Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Zhilong Yang

Affiliation Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Andrea S. Weisberg

Affiliation Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Nir Paran

Current address: Department of Infectious Diseases, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel

Affiliation Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Bernard Moss

bmoss@nih.gov

Affiliation Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZB PSS NP BM. Performed the experiments: ZB PSS NP ASW ZY. Analyzed the data: ZB PSS NP ASW ZY BM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZB BM. Wrote the manuscript: ZB BM.