About the Authors

R. Doug Hardy

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Jacqueline J. Coalson

Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Jay Peters

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Adriana Chaparro

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Chonnamet Techasaensiri

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Angelene M. Cantwell

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

T. R. Kannan

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Joel B. Baseman

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Peter H. Dube

Dube@UTHSCSA.EDU

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RDH JP PD. Performed the experiments: RDH JC JP AC CT AC TRK. Analyzed the data: RDH JC AC CT AC PD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AC TRK JBB. Wrote the paper: JC JBB PD.