About the Authors

Rubing Chen

Affiliation Center for Tropical Diseases and Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Eryu Wang

Affiliation Center for Tropical Diseases and Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Konstantin A. Tsetsarkin

Current address: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America.

Affiliation Center for Tropical Diseases and Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Scott C. Weaver

sweaver@utmb.edu

Affiliations Center for Tropical Diseases and Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America,

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RC SCW. Performed the experiments: RC EW. Analyzed the data: RC KAT SCW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KAT. Wrote the paper: RC KAT SCW.