About the Authors

Ghazi Kayali

ghazi.kayali@stjude.org

Affiliation Division of Virology, Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Richard J. Webby

Affiliation Division of Virology, Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Mariette F. Ducatez

Affiliation Division of Virology, Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Rabeh A. El Shesheny

Affiliation Virology Laboratory, Environmental Research Division, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt

Ahmed M. Kandeil

Affiliation Virology Laboratory, Environmental Research Division, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt

Elena A. Govorkova

Affiliation Division of Virology, Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Ahmed Mostafa

Affiliation Virology Laboratory, Environmental Research Division, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt

Mohamed A. Ali

Affiliation Virology Laboratory, Environmental Research Division, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GK RJW MAA. Performed the experiments: GK MFD RAES AMK EAG AM. Analyzed the data: GK RJW MFD MAA. Wrote the paper: GK RJW MFD MAA.