About the Authors

Chandran Ramakrishna

Affiliation Division of Virology, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America

Alain N. S. Newo

Affiliation Division of Virology, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America

Yueh-Wei Shen

Affiliation Division of Virology, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America

Edouard Cantin

ecantin@coh.org

Affiliations Division of Virology, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America, Immunology, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America, Neurology, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CR EC. Performed the experiments: CR ANSN YWS. Analyzed the data: CR ANSN EC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CR ANSN EC. Wrote the paper: CR EC. Obtained permission for use of mouse strain: EC. Obtained permission for use of hybridoma: EC.