About the Authors

Maria del P. Martin

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Shaguna Seth

Affiliation MDRNA, Inc., Bothel, Washington, United States of America

Dimitrios G. Koutsonanos

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Joshy Jacob

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Richard W. Compans

iskount@emory.edu (IS); rcompan@emory.edu (RWC)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Ioanna Skountzou

iskount@emory.edu (IS); rcompan@emory.edu (RWC)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MdPM SS IS. Performed the experiments: MdPM DGK IS. Analyzed the data: MdPM IS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SS JJ RWC IS. Wrote the paper: MdPM IS. Provided scientific advice and manuscript editing: JJ. Scientific discussions and feedback, major manuscript additions: RWC.