About the Authors

Joseph G. Victoria

jvictoria@bloodsystems.org

Affiliations Department of Molecular Virology, Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Amit Kapoor

Affiliations Department of Molecular Virology, Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Kent Dupuis

Affiliation Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory, Division of Communicable Disease Control, California State Department of Public Health, Richmond, California, United States of America

David P. Schnurr

Affiliation Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory, Division of Communicable Disease Control, California State Department of Public Health, Richmond, California, United States of America

Eric L. Delwart

Affiliations Department of Molecular Virology, Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JGV AK ELD. Performed the experiments: JGV AK. Analyzed the data: JGV AK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JGV KD DPS. Wrote the paper: JGV ELD.