About the Authors

Sarah M. McDonald

Affiliation Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Jelle Matthijnssens

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

John K. McAllen

Affiliation The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Erin Hine

Affiliation The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Larry Overton

Affiliation The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Shiliang Wang

Affiliation The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Philippe Lemey

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Mark Zeller

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Marc Van Ranst

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

David J. Spiro

Affiliation The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

John T. Patton

jpatton@niaid.nih.gov

Affiliation Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JTP. Performed the experiments: JKM EH LO SW. Analyzed the data: SMM JM PL MZ MVR JTP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JKM EH LO SW DJS JTP. Wrote the paper: SMM JTP.