About the Authors

Ren-Huan Xu

Affiliation Immune Cell Development and Host Defense Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Daniel Rubio

Affiliations Immune Cell Development and Host Defense Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Felicia Roscoe

Affiliation Immune Cell Development and Host Defense Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Tracy E. Krouse

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Mary Ellen Truckenmiller

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Christopher C. Norbury

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Paul N. Hudson

Affiliation Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, NCEZID, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Inger K. Damon

Affiliation Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, NCEZID, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Antonio Alcamí

Affiliation Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Luis J. Sigal

Luis.Sigal@fccc.edu

Affiliation Immune Cell Development and Host Defense Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LJS RHX DR CCN MET. Performed the experiments: RHX DR FR MET TEK. Analyzed the data: LJS RHX DR MET CCN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PNH IKD AA. Wrote the paper: LJS.