About the Authors

Scott A. Walper

Affiliation Naval Research Laboratory, Washington D. C., United States of America

George P. Anderson

Affiliation Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington D. C., United States of America

P. Audrey Brozozog Lee

Affiliation Nova Research Inc, Alexandria, Virginia, United States of America

Richard H. Glaven

Affiliation Nova Research Inc, Alexandria, Virginia, United States of America

Jinny L. Liu

Affiliation Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington D. C., United States of America

Rachel D. Bernstein

Affiliation Nova Research Inc, Alexandria, Virginia, United States of America

Dan Zabetakis

Affiliation Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington D. C., United States of America

Linwood Johnson

Affiliation Biological Defense Research Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Jill M. Czarnecki

Affiliation Biological Defense Research Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Ellen R. Goldman

ellen.goldman@nrl.navy.mil

Affiliation Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington D. C., United States of America

Competing Interests

While several authors are employed by Nova Research Inc, this does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ERG GPA SAW. Performed the experiments: ERG GPA SAW PABL JLL RHG DZ RDB LJ. Analyzed the data: ERG GPA SAW DZ LJ JMC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMC LJ. Wrote the paper: ERG GPA SAW.