About the Authors

Kareem Rashid Rumah

Affiliations Tri-Institutional M.D.-Ph.D. Program of Weill Cornell Medical College, Rockefeller University and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital, New York, New York, United States of America, The Brain and Mind Research Institute and the Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America, The Laboratory of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

Jennifer Linden

Affiliation The Brain and Mind Research Institute and the Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

Vincent A. Fischetti

Affiliation The Laboratory of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

Timothy Vartanian

tiv2002@med.cornell.edu

Affiliation The Brain and Mind Research Institute and the Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KRR JL VAF TV. Performed the experiments: KRR JL. Analyzed the data: KRR JL VAF TV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VAF TV. Wrote the paper: KRR JL TV.