About the Authors

Eva Sapi

esapi@newhaven.edu

Affiliation Lyme Disease Research Group, Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of New Haven, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Scott L. Bastian

Affiliation Lyme Disease Research Group, Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of New Haven, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Cedric M. Mpoy

Affiliation Lyme Disease Research Group, Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of New Haven, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Shernea Scott

Affiliation Lyme Disease Research Group, Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of New Haven, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Amy Rattelle

Affiliation Lyme Disease Research Group, Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of New Haven, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Namrata Pabbati

Affiliation Lyme Disease Research Group, Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of New Haven, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Akhila Poruri

Affiliation Lyme Disease Research Group, Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of New Haven, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Divya Burugu

Affiliation Lyme Disease Research Group, Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of New Haven, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Priyanka A. S. Theophilus

Affiliation Lyme Disease Research Group, Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of New Haven, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Truc V. Pham

Affiliation Lyme Disease Research Group, Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of New Haven, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Akshita Datar

Affiliation Lyme Disease Research Group, Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of New Haven, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Navroop K. Dhaliwal

Affiliation Lyme Disease Research Group, Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of New Haven, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Alan MacDonald

Affiliation Lyme Disease Research Group, Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of New Haven, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Michael J. Rossi

Affiliation Lyme Disease Research Group, Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of New Haven, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Saion K. Sinha

Affiliation Department of Physics, University of New Haven, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

David F. Luecke

Affiliation Lyme Disease Research Group, Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of New Haven, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ES SLB CMM MR AR AM MJR SKS DFL . Performed the experiments: SLB CMM SS AR NP AP DB PAST TVP AD NKD AM DFL . Analyzed the data: ES SLS CMM AM MJR SKS DFL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ES AM MJR SKS DFL. Wrote the paper: ES MJR DFL.