About the Authors

Gabriele Neumann

Affiliation Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Catherine A. Macken

Affiliation Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America

Alexander I. Karasin

Affiliation Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Ron A. M. Fouchier

Affiliation Department of Virology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Yoshihiro Kawaoka

Kawaokay@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu

Affiliations Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, ERATO Infection-Induced Host Responses Project, Saitama, Japan, Department of Special Pathogens, International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Kobe University, Hyogo, Japan, Division of Virology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: G.N. was a consultant for Theraclone and is a Co-Founder of FluGen. Y.K. has received speaker's honoraria from Chugai Pharmaceuticals, Novartis, Daiichi-Sankyo, Toyama Chemical, Wyeth, and GlaxoSmithKline; grant support from Chugai Pharmaceuticals, Daiichi Sankyo Pharmaceutical, Toyama Chemical, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.; is a consultant for Theraclone and Crucell, and is a Co-Founder of FluGen. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS Pathogens policies on sharing data and materials. The other authors declare that they have no competing interests.