About the Authors

Shannon L. Taylor

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

Victoria Wahl-Jensen

Affiliation Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America

Anna Maria Copeland

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

Peter B. Jahrling

Affiliation Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America

Connie S. Schmaljohn

Connie.Schmaljohn@us.army.mil

Affiliation 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: SLT VWJ CSS. Performed the experiments: SLT VWJ AMC. Analyzed the data: SLT VWJ AMC PBJ CSS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SLT VWJ PBJ CSS. Wrote the paper: SLT VWJ CSS.