About the Authors

Nicholas van Buuren

Contributed equally to this work with: Nicholas van Buuren, Kristin Burles

Affiliation Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Kristin Burles

Contributed equally to this work with: Nicholas van Buuren, Kristin Burles

Affiliation Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Jill Schriewer

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Ninad Mehta

Affiliation Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Scott Parker

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

R. Mark Buller

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Michele Barry

michele.barry@ualberta.ca

Affiliation Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NvB KB JS RMB MB. Performed the experiments: NvB KB JS NM SP. Analyzed the data: NvB KB JS NM RMB MB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: NvB KB RMB MB.