About the Authors

Xianbao He

Affiliation Section of Infectious Diseases, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Anjali Nair

Affiliation Section of Infectious Diseases, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Samrawit Mekasha

Affiliation Section of Infectious Diseases, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Joseph Alroy

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, and Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Catherine M. O'Connell

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Robin R. Ingalls

ringalls@bu.edu

Affiliation Section of Infectious Diseases, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XH RRI. Performed the experiments: XH AN SM JA CMO. Analyzed the data: XH RRI. Wrote the paper: RRI.