About the Authors

Hae Ji Kang

Affiliations Pacific Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Institute for Viral Diseases and Bank for Pathogenic Viruses, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

Shannon N. Bennett

Affiliation Pacific Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Laarni Sumibcay

Affiliation Pacific Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Satoru Arai

Affiliation Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Andrew G. Hope

Affiliation Department of Biology and Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Gabor Mocz

Affiliation Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Jin-Won Song

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Institute for Viral Diseases and Bank for Pathogenic Viruses, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

Joseph A. Cook

Affiliation Department of Biology and Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Richard Yanagihara

yanagiha@pbrc.hawaii.edu

Affiliation Pacific Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HJK SB RY. Performed the experiments: HJK LS. Analyzed the data: HJK SB GM JAC RY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HJK SB SA AGH GM JWS JAC. Wrote the paper: HJK SB GM JAC RY.