About the Authors

William C. Weldon

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Bao-Zhong Wang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Maria P. Martin

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Dimitrios G. Koutsonanos

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Ioanna Skountzou

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Richard W. Compans

rcompan@emory.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WCW BZW RWC. Performed the experiments: WCW MPM. Analyzed the data: WCW BZW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DGK IS RWC. Wrote the paper: WCW MPM RWC.