About the Authors

Helen M. Lazear

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Alissa Lancaster

Affiliation Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America

Courtney Wilkins

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

Mehul S. Suthar

Current address: Department of Pediatrics, Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.

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

Albert Huang

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

Sarah C. Vick

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Lisa Clepper

Affiliation Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America

Larissa Thackray

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Margaret M. Brassil

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

Herbert W. Virgin

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Janko Nikolich-Zugich

Affiliation Department of Immunobiology and the Arizona Center on Aging, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Ashlee V. Moses

Affiliation Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America

Michael Gale Jr.

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

Klaus Früh

Affiliation Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America

Michael S. Diamond

diamond@borcim.wustl.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HML AL MSS LT MG KF MSD. Performed the experiments: HML AL MSS SCV LC LT MMB. Analyzed the data: HML AL CW MSS AH LC LT AVM MG KF MSD. Wrote the paper: HML CW MSS LT HWV MG KF JNZ MSD. Supervised work performed in his or her laboratory: HWV AVM MG KF MSD. Financially supported the studies: JNZ MG KF MSD.