About the Authors

Julia Steitz

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Peter G. Barlow

Affiliation Molecular Virology and Vaccines Branch, Influenza Division, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jaber Hossain

Affiliation Molecular Virology and Vaccines Branch, Influenza Division, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Eun Kim

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Kaori Okada

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Tom Kenniston

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Sheri Rea

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Ruben O. Donis

Affiliation Molecular Virology and Vaccines Branch, Influenza Division, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Andrea Gambotto

gambottoa@upmc.edu

Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ROD AG. Performed the experiments: JS PB JH EK KO TK SR. Analyzed the data: JS PB JH AG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PB JH EK KO TK SR ROD AG. Wrote the paper: JS ROD AG.