About the Authors

Linda M Styer

Affiliation Arbovirus Laboratories, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Slingerlands, New York, United States of America

Kim A Kent

Affiliation Arbovirus Laboratories, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Slingerlands, New York, United States of America

Rebecca G Albright

Affiliation Arbovirus Laboratories, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Slingerlands, New York, United States of America

Corey J Bennett

Affiliation Arbovirus Laboratories, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Slingerlands, New York, United States of America

Laura D Kramer

Affiliations Arbovirus Laboratories, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Slingerlands, New York, United States of America , Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, University at Albany, Albany, New York, United States of America

Kristen A Bernard

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: bernard@wadsworth.org

Affiliations Arbovirus Laboratories, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Slingerlands, New York, United States of America , Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, University at Albany, Albany, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

LMS, LDK, and KAB conceived and designed the experiments. LMS, KAK, RGA, and CJB performed the experiments. LMS analyzed the data. LMS and KAB wrote the paper.