About the Authors

Emmanuel Y. Dotsey

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Andrea Gorlani

Current address: ModiQuest Research, Oss, Netherlands

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Sampat Ingale

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Chad J. Achenbach

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Donald N. Forthal

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Philip L. Felgner

jgach@uci.edu (JSG); pfelgner@uci.edu (PLF)

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Johannes S. Gach

jgach@uci.edu (JSG); pfelgner@uci.edu (PLF)

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EYD PLF JSG. Performed the experiments: EYD AG SI JSG. Analyzed the data: EYD AG PLF JSG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SI CJA DNF. Wrote the paper: EYD JSG. Critically reviewed and edited the paper: EYD AG SI CJA DNF PLF JSG.