About the Authors

Chiguang Feng

Affiliation Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Nicholas M. Stamatos

Affiliation Institute of Human Virology and Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Anatoliy I. Dragan

Affiliation Institute of Fluorescence, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Andrei Medvedev

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Melissa Whitford

Affiliation Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Lei Zhang

Affiliation Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Chang Song

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Prasad Rallabhandi

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Leah Cole

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Quan M. Nhu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Stefanie N. Vogel

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Chris D. Geddes

Affiliation Institute of Fluorescence, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Alan S. Cross

across@medicine.umaryland.edu

Affiliation Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CF ASC. Performed the experiments: CF AD MW LZ CS QN LC. Analyzed the data: CF NMS AD AM PR CG SNV ASC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AM PR SNV. Wrote the paper: CF NMS ASC.