About the Authors

Mahesh Kathania

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Mojgan Zadeh

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Yaíma L. Lightfoot

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Robert M. Roman

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Bikash Sahay

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Jeffrey R. Abbott

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Mansour Mohamadzadeh

m.zadeh@ufl.edu

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Division of Hepatology/Gastroenterology and Nutrition, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MM. Performed the experiments: MK MZ RR JA YL BS. Analyzed the data: MK JA BS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MK MZ RR BS. Wrote the paper: MK JA YL MM.