About the Authors

Frank M. Szaba

Affiliation Trudeau Institute, Saranac Lake, New York, United States of America

Lawrence W. Kummer

Affiliation Trudeau Institute, Saranac Lake, New York, United States of America

Debra K. Duso

Affiliation Trudeau Institute, Saranac Lake, New York, United States of America

Ekaterina P. Koroleva

Affiliation Trudeau Institute, Saranac Lake, New York, United States of America

Alexei V. Tumanov

Affiliation Trudeau Institute, Saranac Lake, New York, United States of America

Andrea M. Cooper

Affiliation Trudeau Institute, Saranac Lake, New York, United States of America

James B. Bliska

Affiliation Center for Infectious Diseases and Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Stephen T. Smiley

Affiliation Trudeau Institute, Saranac Lake, New York, United States of America

Jr-Shiuan Lin

jslin@trudeauinstitute.org

Affiliation Trudeau Institute, Saranac Lake, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JSL STS. Performed the experiments: JSL FMS LWK DKD. Analyzed the data: JSL STS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EPK AVT AMC JBB. Wrote the paper: JSL STS.