About the Authors
- Andrea Swei
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Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, UCSF-Abbott Viral Diagnostics and Discovery Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Brandy J. Russell
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Affiliation Division of Vector-borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
- Samia N. Naccache
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Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, UCSF-Abbott Viral Diagnostics and Discovery Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Beniwende Kabre
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Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, UCSF-Abbott Viral Diagnostics and Discovery Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Narayanan Veeraraghavan
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Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, UCSF-Abbott Viral Diagnostics and Discovery Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Mark A. Pilgard
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Affiliation Division of Vector-borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
- Barbara J. B. Johnson
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Affiliation Division of Vector-borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
- Charles Y. Chiu
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* E-mail: charles.chiu@ucsf.edu
Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, UCSF-Abbott Viral Diagnostics and Discovery Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
This study was partly funded by an Abbott Viral Discovery Award. Charles Y. Chiu is the director of the UCSF-Abbott Viral Diagnostics and Discovery Center (VDDC). This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AS MAP BJJ CYC. Performed the experiments: AS BJR BK. Analyzed the data: AS BJR SNN NV MAP BJJ CYC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SNN NV MAP BJJ CYC. Wrote the paper: AS SNN MAP BJJ CYC.