About the Authors

Elizabeth J. Faul

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Celestine N. Wanjalla

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Mehul S. Suthar

Affiliation Department of Immunology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Michael Gale Jr

Affiliation Department of Immunology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Christoph Wirblich

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Matthias J. Schnell

Matthias.schnell@jefferson.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Jefferson Vaccine Center, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EJF CNW MJS. Performed the experiments: EJF CW. Analyzed the data: EJF MJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CNW MSS MG. Wrote the paper: EJF.