About the Authors

Yoshiaki Takahashi

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Ann E. Mayne

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Ladawan Khowawisetsut

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Kovit Pattanapanyasat

Affiliation Office for Research and Development, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Dawn Little

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Francois Villinger

Affiliation Division of Pathology, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Aftab A. Ansari

pathaaa@emory.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests. Aliquot was kindly provided by Pfizer Labs, Inc. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FV AAA. Performed the experiments: YT LK DL. Analyzed the data: AEM KP. Wrote the paper: AAA.