About the Authors

Robert Colby Layton

CLayton@MRIGlobal.org

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Andrew Gigliotti

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Penny Armijo

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Leslie Myers

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Jennifer Knight

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Nathaniel Donart

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

John Pyles

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Sarah Vaughan

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Jennifer Plourde

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Ndingsa Fomukong

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Kevin S. Harrod

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Peng Gao

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Frederick Koster

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RCL FK KSH. Performed the experiments: RCL AG PA LM JK ND J. Pyles SV J. Plourde PG. Analyzed the data: RCL AG NF KSH PG FK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AG PG. Wrote the paper: RCL FK.