About the Authors

Weiyan Zhu

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Melissa S. Ventevogel

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Kayla J. Knilans

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

James E. Anderson

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Laurel M. Oldach

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Karen P. McKinnon

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Marcia M. Hobbs

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Gregory D. Sempowski

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Joseph A. Duncan

jaduncan@med.unc.edu

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WZ MSV KJK JEA GDS JAD. Performed the experiments: WZ MSV KJK JEA. Analyzed the data: WZ MSV GDS JAD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KJK JEA LMO MMH KPM. Wrote the paper: WZ MSV KJK JEA JAD. Edited manuscript: WZ MSV GDS MMH.