About the Authors

Kulbhushan Sharma

Contributed equally to this work with: Kulbhushan Sharma, Shashank Tripathi

Affiliation Virology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, New Delhi, India

Shashank Tripathi

Contributed equally to this work with: Kulbhushan Sharma, Shashank Tripathi

Affiliation Virology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, New Delhi, India

Priya Ranjan

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Purnima Kumar

Affiliation Virology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, New Delhi, India

Rebecca Garten

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Varough Deyde

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jacqueline M. Katz

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Nancy J. Cox

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Renu B. Lal

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Suryaprakash Sambhara

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Sunil K. Lal

sunillal@icgeb.res.in

Affiliation Virology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, New Delhi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SKL SS RBL. Performed the experiments: KS ST PR PK RG. Analyzed the data: SKL SS KS ST. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RG PK VD JMK NJC RBL. Wrote the paper: SKL SS KS ST.