About the Authors

Cristina Herrera

Affiliations Division of Infectious Disease, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University at Albany School of Public Health, Albany, New York, United States of America

Tove Irene Klokk

Affiliations Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, Institute for Cancer Research, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital, Montebello, Oslo, Norway, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Richard Cole

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences, University at Albany School of Public Health, Albany, New York, United States of America, Division of Translational Medicine, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, United States of America

Kirsten Sandvig

Affiliations Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, Institute for Cancer Research, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital, Montebello, Oslo, Norway, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Nicholas J. Mantis

nicholas.mantis@health.ny.gov

Affiliations Division of Infectious Disease, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University at Albany School of Public Health, Albany, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CH TIK RC KS NJM. Performed the experiments: CH TIK. Analyzed the data: CH TIK RC KS NJM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TIK RC. Wrote the paper: CH TIK NJM.