About the Authors
- Srinivas Rao
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Affiliation Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Wing-Pui Kong
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Affiliation Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Chih-Jen Wei
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Affiliation Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Zhi-Yong Yang
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Affiliation Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Martha Nason
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Affiliation Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Darrel Styles
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Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Riverdale, Maryland, United States of America
- Louis J. DeTolla
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Affiliation Comparative Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Erin M. Sorrell
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Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
- Haichen Song
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Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
- Hongquan Wan
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Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
- Gloria C. Ramirez-Nieto
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Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
- Daniel Perez
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Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
- Gary J. Nabel
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* E-mail: gnabel@nih.gov
Affiliation Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors W.-P.K, C.-J.W, Z.-Y.Y, S.R and G.J.N. have submitted an intellectual property application based on findings reported in this study.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GN WK ZY DP SR CW DS. Performed the experiments: WK ZY DP LD SR CW ES HS HW GR. Analyzed the data: GN WK ZY DP MN SR CW DS. Wrote the paper: GN WK ZY DP SR CW DS.