About the Authors

Anders P. Hakansson

andersh@buffalo.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America, The Witebsky Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America, New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Hazeline Roche-Hakansson

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Ann-Kristin Mossberg

Affiliation The Section of Microbiology, Immunology and Glycobiology (MIG), Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Catharina Svanborg

Affiliations The Section of Microbiology, Immunology and Glycobiology (MIG), Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, Singapore Immunology Network, A*STAR, Singapore, Singapore

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AH CS. Performed the experiments: AH HR-H A-KM. Analyzed the data: AH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: A-KM. Wrote the paper: AH CS.