About the Authors

Manojkumar Ramanunninair

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Jianhua Le

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Shiroh Onodera

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Andrew A. Fulvini

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Barbara A. Pokorny

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Jeanmarie Silverman

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Rene Devis

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Jennifer M. Arroyo

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Yu He

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Alex Boyne

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Jayati Bera

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Rebecca Halpin

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Erin Hine

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

David J. Spiro

Affiliation Influenza, SARS and Related Viral Respiratory Diseases Branch, Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, NIAID/NIH/DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Doris Bucher

doris_bucher@nymc.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MR DJS DB. Performed the experiments: MR JL SO AAF BAP JS RD JMA YH. Analyzed the data: MR DB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DB. Wrote the paper: MR DB. Performed the sequencing of the high yield reassortants: MR AB JB RH EH DJS.