About the Authors

Sunil Thomas

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Vsevolod L. Popov

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

David H. Walker

dwalker@utmb.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ST DHW. Performed the experiments: ST. Analyzed the data: ST VLP DHW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ST DHW. Wrote the paper: ST DHW VLP.