About the Authors

Geun Woo Park

gpark@cdc.gov

Affiliation Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Nikail Collins

Affiliations Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America, Atlanta Research and Education Foundation (AREF), Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Leslie Barclay

Affiliation Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Liya Hu

Affiliation Verna Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States of America

B. V. Venkataram Prasad

Affiliation Verna Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States of America

Benjamin A. Lopman

Affiliation Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Jan Vinjé

Affiliation Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GWP JV. Performed the experiments: GWP NC LB. Analyzed the data: GWP NC LB BL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LH BVVP. Wrote the paper: GWP JV.