About the Authors

Zeynep A. Koçer

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Division of Virology, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Scott Krauss

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Division of Virology, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

David E. Stallknecht

Affiliation Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, Department of Population Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Jerold E. Rehg

Affiliation Department of Pathology, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Robert G. Webster

robert.webster@stjude.org

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Division of Virology, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZAK RGW. Performed the experiments: ZAK JER. Analyzed the data: ZAK JER RGW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DS SK. Wrote the paper: ZAK RGW SK DS JER.