About the Authors

Lance D. Eckerle

Affiliation Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology and Immunology and Elizabeth B. Lamb Center for Pediatric Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Michelle M. Becker

Affiliation Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology and Immunology and Elizabeth B. Lamb Center for Pediatric Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Rebecca A. Halpin

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

Kelvin Li

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

Eli Venter

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

Xiaotao Lu

Affiliation Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology and Immunology and Elizabeth B. Lamb Center for Pediatric Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Sana Scherbakova

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

Rachel L. Graham

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Ralph S. Baric

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Timothy B. Stockwell

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

David J. Spiro

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

Mark R. Denison

mark.denison@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliation Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology and Immunology and Elizabeth B. Lamb Center for Pediatric Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LDE MMB MRD. Performed the experiments: LDE MMB RAH XL SS RLG. Analyzed the data: LDE KL EV RSB TBS DJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MMB KL EV RLG TBS DJS. Wrote the paper: LDE MMB MRD.