About the Authors

Joseph C. Forbi

gzf7@cdc.gov

Affiliation Division of Viral Hepatitis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Gilberto Vaughan
Michael A. Purdy
David S. Campo
Guo-liang Xia
Lilia M. Ganova-Raeva
Sumathi Ramachandran
Hong Thai
Yury E. Khudyakov

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JCF YEK. Performed the experiments: JCF GV LMGR SR HT. Analyzed the data: JCF GV MAP DC GlX YEK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JCF YEK. Wrote the paper: JCF DC YEK.