About the Authors

Eduardo Rodriguez-Noriega

Affiliations Hospital Civil de Guadalajara, Fray Antonio Alcalde, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México, Instituto de Patología Infecciosa y Experimental, Centro Universitario Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

Esteban Gonzalez-Diaz

Affiliation Hospital Civil de Guadalajara, Fray Antonio Alcalde, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

Rayo Morfin-Otero

Affiliations Hospital Civil de Guadalajara, Fray Antonio Alcalde, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México, Instituto de Patología Infecciosa y Experimental, Centro Universitario Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

Gerardo F. Gomez-Abundis

Affiliation Instituto de Patología Infecciosa y Experimental, Centro Universitario Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

Jaime Briseño-Ramirez

Affiliations Hospital Civil de Guadalajara, Fray Antonio Alcalde, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México, Instituto de Patología Infecciosa y Experimental, Centro Universitario Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

Hector Raul Perez-Gomez

Affiliations Hospital Civil de Guadalajara, Fray Antonio Alcalde, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México, Instituto de Patología Infecciosa y Experimental, Centro Universitario Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

Hugo Lopez-Gatell

Affiliation Dirección General de Epidemiología, México Ministry of Health, México City, Distrito Federal, México

Celia M. Alpuche-Aranda

Affiliation National Public Health Laboratory, México City, Distrito Federal, México

Ernesto Ramírez

Affiliation National Public Health Laboratory, México City, Distrito Federal, México

Irma López

Affiliation National Public Health Laboratory, México City, Distrito Federal, México

Miguel Iguala

Affiliation National Public Health Laboratory, México City, Distrito Federal, México

Ietza Bojórquez Chapela

Affiliation Dirección General de Epidemiología, México Ministry of Health, México City, Distrito Federal, México

Ethel Palacios Zavala

Affiliation Dirección General de Epidemiología, México Ministry of Health, México City, Distrito Federal, México

Mauricio Hernández

Affiliation Dirección General de Epidemiología, México Ministry of Health, México City, Distrito Federal, México

Tammy L. Stuart

Affiliation Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Margarita Elsa Villarino

Affiliation United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Marc-Alain Widdowson

Affiliation United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Steve Waterman

Affiliation United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Timothy Uyeki

Affiliation United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner

eha9@cdc.gov

Affiliation United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

for the Hospital Civil de Guadalajara
Fray Antonio Alcalde Emerging Respiratory Infections Response Team

Membership of the Hospital Civil de Guadalajara, Fray Antonio Alcalde Emerging Respiratory Infections Response Team is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ERN EGD RMO GFGA JBR HLG IBC ECPZ MH MEV MAW SW TMU EAB. Performed the experiments: ERN EGD RMO GFGA JBR HRPG CMAA ER MI TLS. Analyzed the data: ERN EGD GFGA JBR CMAA ER MI IBC TLS MEV TMU EAB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ERN EGD RMO GFGA JBR HRPG CMAA ER MI IBC ECPZ MH TLS MAW SW. Wrote the paper: ERN GFGA HLG MH TLS MEV SW TMU EAB.