About the Authors

Farhan Rizvi

frizvi@mcw.edu (FR) (FR); wjob@mcw (WJO) (WO)

Affiliation Departments of Ophthalmology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Tom Heimann

Affiliation Departments of Ophthalmology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

William J. O'Brien

frizvi@mcw.edu (FR) (FR); wjob@mcw (WJO) (WO)

Affiliations Departments of Ophthalmology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Microbiology/Molecular Genetics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FR WJO. Performed the experiments: FR TH. Analyzed the data: FR WJO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WJO. Wrote the paper: FR. Critical evaluation and review: WJO.