About the Authors

Anna C. Jacobs

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Catlyn E. Blanchard

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Seana C. Catherman

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Paul M. Dunman

paul_dunman@urmc.rochester.edu (PMD); yoshihiko_murata@urmc.rochester.edu (YM)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Yoshihiko Murata

paul_dunman@urmc.rochester.edu (PMD); yoshihiko_murata@urmc.rochester.edu (YM)

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors hereby state that coauthor Paul M. Dunman is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ACJ CEB SCC PMD YM. Performed the experiments: ACJ CEB SCC PMD YM. Analyzed the data: ACJ CEB SCC PMD YM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ACJ CEB SCC PMD YM. Wrote the paper: ACJ PMD YM.