About the Authors

Stephen R. Welch

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jana M. Ritter

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

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Anita K. McElroy

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

Affiliations Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Center for Vaccine Research Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jessica R. Harmon

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

JoAnn D. Coleman-McCray

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Florine E. M. Scholte

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Gary P. Kobinger

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Éric Bergeron

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Sherif R. Zaki

Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Stuart T. Nichol

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jessica R. Spengler

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

JSpengler@cdc.gov

Affiliation Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Christina F. Spiropoulou

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.