About the Authors

Michael A. Pazos

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Thomas A. Kraus

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

César Muñoz-Fontela

Affiliation Heinrich-Pette-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Experimentelle Virologie, Hamburg, Germany

Thomas M. Moran

Thomas.Moran@mssm.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAP TAK CM-F TMM. Performed the experiments: MAP TAK CM-F. Analyzed the data: MAP TAK CM-F TMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAP TAK CM-F TMM. Wrote the paper: MAP TAK TMM.