About the Authors

Guoyan Zhao

Affiliation Departments of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, and the Midwest Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Siddharth Krishnamurthy

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, and the Midwest Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Zhengqiu Cai

Affiliation Departments of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, and the Midwest Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Vsevolod L. Popov

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Amelia P. Travassos da Rosa

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Hilda Guzman

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Song Cao

Affiliation Departments of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, and the Midwest Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Herbert W. Virgin

Affiliation Departments of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, and the Midwest Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Robert B. Tesh

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

David Wang

davewang@wustl.edu

Affiliations Departments of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, and the Midwest Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, and the Midwest Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GZ SK HWV DW. Performed the experiments: SK VLP APTdR. Analyzed the data: GZ SK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GZ ZC SC RBT HG. Wrote the manuscript: GZ DW RBT. Designed the software used in analysis: GZ. Obtained permission for use of cell line: RBT.