About the Authors

Michael S. Harper

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Kejun Guo

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Kathrin Gibbert

Affiliation Institute for Virology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Eric J. Lee

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Stephanie M. Dillon

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Bradley S. Barrett

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Martin D. McCarter

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Kim J. Hasenkrug

Affiliation Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Ulf Dittmer

ulf.dittmer@uni-due.de (UD); cara.wilson@ucdenver.edu (CCW); mario.santiago@ucdenver.edu (MLS)

Affiliation Institute for Virology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Cara C. Wilson

ulf.dittmer@uni-due.de (UD); cara.wilson@ucdenver.edu (CCW); mario.santiago@ucdenver.edu (MLS)

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Mario L. Santiago

ulf.dittmer@uni-due.de (UD); cara.wilson@ucdenver.edu (CCW); mario.santiago@ucdenver.edu (MLS)

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MLS UD MSH CCW KJH KGi KGu. Performed the experiments: MSH EJL BSB KGu. Analyzed the data: MSH KGu MLS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MDM SMD. Wrote the paper: MSH MLS CCW SMD UD KGi KJH. Performed and analyzed next-generation sequencing data: KGu MSH MLS. Provided expertise in the LPAC model: SMD EJL CCW. Supervised the study: MLS CCW UD.