About the Authors

Ricardo Rajsbaum

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Randy A. Albrecht

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

May K. Wang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, New England Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Southborough, Massachusetts, United States of America

Natalya P. Maharaj

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, New England Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Southborough, Massachusetts, United States of America

Gijs A. Versteeg

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Estanislao Nistal-Villán

Current address: Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA), Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Adolfo García-Sastre

adolfo.garcia-sastre@mssm.edu (AGS); michaela_gack@hms.harvard.edu (MUG)

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Michaela U. Gack

adolfo.garcia-sastre@mssm.edu (AGS); michaela_gack@hms.harvard.edu (MUG)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, New England Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Southborough, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RR MUG AGS. Performed the experiments: RR RAA MKW NPM MUG. Analyzed the data: RR MUG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RAA GAV ENV. Wrote the paper: RR MUG AGS.