About the Authors

Jessica A. Belser

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Akila Jayaraman

Affiliation Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, Department of Biological Engineering, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Rahul Raman

Affiliation Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, Department of Biological Engineering, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Claudia Pappas

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Hui Zeng

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Nancy J. Cox

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jacqueline M. Katz

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Ram Sasisekharan

Affiliation Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, Department of Biological Engineering, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Terrence M. Tumpey

tft9@cdc.gov

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAB AJ RR CP HZ NJC JMK RS TMT. Performed the experiments: JAB AJ RR HZ CP TMT. Analyzed the data: JAB AJ RR CP HZ NJC JMK RS TMT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAB AJ RR HZ CP RS TMT. Wrote the paper: JAB AJ RR CP NJC JMK RS TMT.