About the Authors

Lorena I. Tapia

ltapia@med.uchile.cl

Affiliations Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Programa de Virología, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile, Departamento de Pediatría y Cirugía Infantil Norte, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Chad A. Shaw

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Letisha O. Aideyan

Affiliation Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Alan M. Jewell

Affiliation Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Brian C. Dawson

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Taha R. Haq

Affiliation Medicine School, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Pedro A. Piedra

Affiliations Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LIT AMJ PAP. Performed the experiments: LIT LOA AMJ TRH. Analyzed the data: LIT BCD CAS PAP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LIT LOA AMJ BCD CAS PAP. Wrote the paper: LIT CAS PAP.