About the Authors

Germán Añez

German.Anez@fda.hhs.gov (GA); Maria.Rios@fda.hhs.gov (MR)

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

Maria E. Morales-Betoulle

Affiliation United States Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3 (NAMRU-3), Cairo, Egypt

Maria Rios

German.Anez@fda.hhs.gov (GA); Maria.Rios@fda.hhs.gov (MR)

Affiliation Laboratory of Emerging Pathogens, Division of Emerging and Transfusion Transmitted Diseases, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, United States 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: GA MR. Performed the experiments: GA MEMB. Analyzed the data: GA MR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GA MEMB. Wrote the paper: GA MR.