About the Authors

William G. Davis

Contributed equally to this work with: William G. Davis, J. Bradford Bowzard, Suresh D. Sharma

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

J. Bradford Bowzard

Contributed equally to this work with: William G. Davis, J. Bradford Bowzard, Suresh D. Sharma

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

Suresh D. Sharma

Contributed equally to this work with: William G. Davis, J. Bradford Bowzard, Suresh D. Sharma

Affiliation Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Mayim E. Wiens

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

Priya Ranjan

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

Shivaprakash Gangappa

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

Olga Stuchlik

Affiliation Division of Scientific Resources, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jan Pohl

Affiliation Division of Scientific Resources, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Ruben O. Donis

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

Craig E. Cameron

Affiliation Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Takashi Fujita

tfujita@virus.kyoto-u.ac.jp (TF); ssambhara@cdc.gov (SS)

Affiliation Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Suryaprakash Sambhara

tfujita@virus.kyoto-u.ac.jp (TF); ssambhara@cdc.gov (SS)

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: WGD JBB SDS CEC TF SS. Performed the experiments: WGD JBB SDS MEW PR SG OS. Analyzed the data: WGD JBB PR MEW JP OS CEC TF SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ROD TF CEC JP. Wrote the paper: WGD JBB JMK CEC TF SS.