About the Authors

Michael P. Walsh

Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Ashish Chintakuntlawar

Affiliation Howe Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Christopher M. Robinson

Affiliation Howe Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ijad Madisch

Affiliation Insitut für Virologie, Medizinische Hochschule, Hannover, Germany

Balázs Harrach

Affiliation Veterinary Medical Research Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

Nolan R. Hudson

Affiliation Clinical Investigation Facility, David Grant USAF Medical Center, Travis AFB, California, United States of America

David Schnurr

Affiliation Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory, California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California, United States of America

Albert Heim

Affiliation Insitut für Virologie, Medizinische Hochschule, Hannover, Germany

James Chodosh

Affiliation Howe Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Donald Seto

Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Morris S. Jones

drmorrisj@yahoo.com

Affiliation Clinical Investigation Facility, David Grant USAF Medical Center, Travis AFB, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IM DS AH JC DS MSJ. Performed the experiments: MPW AVC CMR IM NRH. Analyzed the data: MPW AVC CMR IM BH DS AH JC DS MSJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DS AH JC DS MSJ. Wrote the paper: MPW AVC CMR IM BH DS AH JC DS MSJ.