About the Authors

Natalia Makarova

Affiliations Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Chunxia Zhao

Affiliations Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Yuanyuan Zhang

Affiliations Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Sushma Bhosle

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Suganthi Suppiah

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jeanne M. Rhea

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Natalia Kozyr

Affiliations Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Rebecca S. Arnold

Affiliation Department of Urology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Hinh Ly

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Ross J. Molinaro

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Core Laboratories Emory University Hospital Midtown, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Tristram G. Parslow

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Eric Hunter

Affiliations Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Dennis Liotta

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

John Petros

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Urology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Hematology-Oncology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

Jerry L. Blackwell

jerry.blackwell@emory.edu

Affiliations Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NM JLB. Performed the experiments: NM CZ YZ SB SS. Analyzed the data: NM RA TGP JP JLB. Wrote the paper: NM CZ YZ RSA TGP JLB. Discussions about the study and results: SB SS JMR NK RSA HL RJM TGP EH DL JP.