About the Authors

Balázs Rada

tleto@niaid.nih.gov (TLL); radab@uga.edu (BR)

Affiliations Laboratory of Host Defenses, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Meghan A. Jendrysik

Affiliation Laboratory of Host Defenses, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Lan Pang

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Craig P. Hayes

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Dae-goon Yoo

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Jonathan J. Park

Affiliation Laboratory of Host Defenses, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Samuel M. Moskowitz

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Harry L. Malech

Affiliation Laboratory of Host Defenses, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Thomas L. Leto

tleto@niaid.nih.gov (TLL); radab@uga.edu (BR)

Affiliation Laboratory of Host Defenses, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Provided patient derived material and supportive clinical data/medical histories: SMM HLM. Recruited patients and maintained clinical protocols with institutional approval: HLM SMM BR. Conceived and designed the experiments: BR TLL. Performed the experiments: BR MAJ LP CH DY JJP TLL. Analyzed the data: BR TLL. Wrote the paper: BR TLL.