About the Authors

Brett F. Beitzel

Affiliation The United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America

Russell R. Bakken

Affiliation The United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America

Jeffrey M. Smith

Affiliation The United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America

Connie S. Schmaljohn

connie.schmaljohn@us.army.mil

Affiliation The United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BFB CSS. Performed the experiments: BFB RRB JMS. Analyzed the data: BFB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BFB. Wrote the paper: BFB CSS.