About the Authors

Suzanne R. Kalb

Affiliation Division of Laboratory Sciences, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Consuelo Garcia-Rodriguez

Affiliation Department of Anesthesia and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Jianlong Lou

Affiliation Department of Anesthesia and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Jakub Baudys

Affiliation Battelle Memorial Institute at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Theresa J. Smith

Affiliation Integrated Toxicology, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Ft. Detrick, Maryland, United States of America

James D. Marks

Affiliation Department of Anesthesia and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Leonard A. Smith

Affiliation Integrated Toxicology, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Ft. Detrick, Maryland, United States of America

James L. Pirkle

Affiliation Division of Laboratory Sciences, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

John R. Barr

jbarr@cdc.gov

Affiliation Division of Laboratory Sciences, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SK CGR JL TJS JDM JRB. Performed the experiments: SK JB. Analyzed the data: SK CGR JL JB TJS JDM LAS JLP JRB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CGR JL TJS JDM LAS. Wrote the paper: SK.