About the Authors

Edward Sionov

Contributed equally to this work with: Edward Sionov, Katrin D. Mayer-Barber

Current address: Department of Food Quality and Safety, Institute for Postharvest and Food Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel.

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Katrin D. Mayer-Barber

Contributed equally to this work with: Edward Sionov, Katrin D. Mayer-Barber

Affiliation Immunobiology Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Yun C. Chang

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Keith D. Kauffman

Affiliation T-Lymphocyte Biology Unit, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Michael A. Eckhaus

Affiliation Division of Veterinary Resources, Office of Research Services, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Andres M. Salazar

Affiliation Oncovir, Inc., Washington, DC, United States of America

Daniel L. Barber

barberd@niaid.nih.gov (DLB); jkchung@niaid.nih.gov (KJKC)

Affiliation T-Lymphocyte Biology Unit, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Kyung J. Kwon-Chung

barberd@niaid.nih.gov (DLB); jkchung@niaid.nih.gov (KJKC)

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journals policy and have the following conflicts: AMS is employed by the commercial company Oncovir. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS Pathogens policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ES KDMB YCC DLB KJKC. Performed the experiments: ES KDMB KDK DLB. Analyzed the data: ES KDMB YCC DLB MAE KDK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AMS. Wrote the paper: ES KDMB YCC MAE DLB KJKC.