About the Authors

Ami Patel

Affiliations National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health, Winnipeg, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Suresh Tikoo

Affiliation Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

Gary Kobinger

gary_kobinger@phac-aspc.gc.ca

Affiliations National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health, Winnipeg, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GK AP. Performed the experiments: GK AP. Analyzed the data: GK AP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GK ST. Wrote the paper: GK AP.