About the Authors

Derek W. Trobaugh

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Vaccine Research, Department of Immunology and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA United States of America

Chengqun Sun

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Vaccine Research, Department of Immunology and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA United States of America

Nishank Bhalla

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Current address: National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, George Mason University, Manassas, VA United States of America

Affiliation Center for Vaccine Research, Department of Immunology and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA United States of America

Christina L. Gardner

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Current address: U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Virology Division, Fort Detrick, MD United States of America

Affiliation Center for Vaccine Research, Department of Immunology and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA United States of America

Matthew D. Dunn

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Vaccine Research, Department of Immunology and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA United States of America

William B. Klimstra

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Klimstra@pitt.edu

Affiliation Center for Vaccine Research, Department of Immunology and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist