About the Authors

Sreenivas Gannavaram

Contributed equally to this work with: Sreenivas Gannavaram, Paresh Sharma

Affiliation Laboratory of Emerging Pathogens, Division of Emerging and Transfusion Transmitted Diseases, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Paresh Sharma

Contributed equally to this work with: Sreenivas Gannavaram, Paresh Sharma

Affiliation Institute of Pathology (ICMR), Safdarjung Hospital Campus, New Delhi, India

Robert C. Duncan

Affiliation Laboratory of Emerging Pathogens, Division of Emerging and Transfusion Transmitted Diseases, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Poonam Salotra

hira.nakhasi@fda.hhs.gov (HLN); salotra@vsnl.com (PS)

Affiliation Institute of Pathology (ICMR), Safdarjung Hospital Campus, New Delhi, India

Hira L. Nakhasi

hira.nakhasi@fda.hhs.gov (HLN); salotra@vsnl.com (PS)

Affiliation Laboratory of Emerging Pathogens, Division of Emerging and Transfusion Transmitted Diseases, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SG PS RCD HLN. Performed the experiments: SG PS RCD. Analyzed the data: SG RCD HLN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RCD PS. Wrote the paper: SG HLN.