About the Authors

Margaret Farrell

marleefar@gmail.com

Affiliation Global Disease Detection and Response Program, United States of America. Naval Medical Research Unit No, Cairo, Egypt

Peter Sebeny

Affiliation Clinical Trials and Military Studies Department, United States Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt

John D. Klena

Affiliation Clinical Trials and Military Studies Department, United States Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt

Cecilia DeMattos

Affiliations Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, California, United States of America, Viral and Zoonotic Disease Research Program, United States Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt

Guillermo Pimentel

Affiliation Viral and Zoonotic Disease Research Program, United States Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt

Mark Turner

Affiliation Naval Hospital Bremerton, Bremerton, Washington, United States of America

Antony Joseph

Affiliation Navy Environmental and Preventative Medicine Unit, Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Jennifer Espiritu

Affiliation Epidemic Intelligence Service Program, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

John Zumwalt

Affiliation Navy Hospital Jacksonville, Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America

Erica Dueger

Affiliations Global Disease Detection and Response Program, United States of America. Naval Medical Research Unit No, Cairo, Egypt, Global Disease Detection Branch, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MF PS AJ JE JZ ED. Performed the experiments: JDK CD GP. Analyzed the data: MF ED. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JDK CD GP. Wrote the manuscript: MF PS JDK CD GP MT ED.