About the Authors

Christopher M. Barker

cmbarker@ucdavis.edu

Affiliations Center for Vectorborne Diseases and Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Tianchan Niu

Affiliations Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Division of Integrated Biodefense, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

William K. Reisen

Affiliations Center for Vectorborne Diseases and Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

David M. Hartley

Affiliations Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Division of Integrated Biodefense, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CMB DMH TN WKR. Analyzed the data: CMB TN DMH. Wrote the paper: CMB DMH TN WKR.