About the Authors

Nikos Vasilakis

Affiliation Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases and Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Eleanor R. Deardorff

Affiliation Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases and Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Joan L. Kenney

Affiliation Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases and Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Shannan L. Rossi

Current address: Center for Vaccine Research, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Affiliation Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases and Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Kathryn A. Hanley

Affiliation Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

Scott C. Weaver

sweaver@utmb.edu

Affiliation Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases and Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NV KAH SCW. Performed the experiments: NV ERD JLK SLR. Analyzed the data: NV KAH SCW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ERD. Wrote the paper: NV SCW.