About the Authors

Victoria Jeisy-Scott

Affiliations Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

William G. Davis

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

Jenish R. Patel

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

John Bradford Bowzard

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

Wun-Ju Shieh

Affiliation Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Sherif R. Zaki

Affiliation Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious 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, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Suryaprakash Sambhara

ssambhara@cdc.gov

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory, 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: VJ-S JMK SS. Performed the experiments: VJ-S WGD JRP JBB. Analyzed the data: VJ-S SS W-JS SZ JRP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: W-JS SZ. Wrote the paper: VJ-S JBB WGD W-JS SZ JMK SS.