About the Authors

Ruklanthi de Alwis

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Katherine L. Williams

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Michael A. Schmid

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Chih-Yun Lai

Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Bhumi Patel

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Scott A. Smith

Affiliation Departments of Medicine, Pediatrics, Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, and The Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

James E. Crowe

Affiliation Departments of Medicine, Pediatrics, Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, and The Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Wei-Kung Wang

Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Eva Harris

eharris@berkeley.edu (EH); aravinda_desilva@med.unc.edu (AMdS)

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Aravinda M. de Silva

eharris@berkeley.edu (EH); aravinda_desilva@med.unc.edu (AMdS)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RdA KLW MAS WKW EH AMds. Performed the experiments: RdA KLW MAS CYL SAS BP. Analyzed the data: RdA KLW MAS CYL SAS JEC WKW EH AMds. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CYL SAS JEC WKW EH. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: RdA KLW MAS SAS JEC WKW EH AMds.