About the Authors

Chia Hung

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Center for Women’s Infectious Diseases Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Jonas Marschall

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Center for Women’s Infectious Diseases Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Infectious Diseases, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland

Carey-Ann D. Burnham

Affiliations Department of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Albert S. Byun

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Center for Women’s Infectious Diseases Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Jeffrey P. Henderson

jhenderson@borcim.wustl.edu

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Center for Women’s Infectious Diseases Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JM CH JPH. Performed the experiments: ASB CH CADB. Analyzed the data: CH JM CADB ASB JPH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JM JPH. Wrote the paper: CH JM CADB ASB JPH.