About the Authors

Belete Teferedegne

Affiliation Laboratory of DNA Viruses, Division of Viral Products, Office of Vaccines Research and Review, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Andrew M. Lewis Jr

Affiliation Laboratory of DNA Viruses, Division of Viral Products, Office of Vaccines Research and Review, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Keith Peden

Affiliation Laboratory of DNA Viruses, Division of Viral Products, Office of Vaccines Research and Review, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Haruhiko Murata

haruhiko.murata@fda.hhs.gov

Affiliation Laboratory of DNA Viruses, Division of Viral Products, Office of Vaccines Research and Review, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BT AL KP HM. Performed the experiments: BT HM. Analyzed the data: BT HM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BT HM. Wrote the paper: BT HM.