About the Authors

Jennifer M. Dan

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology Training Program, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jennifer P. Wang

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Chrono K. Lee

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Stuart M. Levitz

Stuart.Levitz@umassmed.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology Training Program, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SL JW JD. Performed the experiments: JW CL JD. Analyzed the data: SL JW JD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JW CL JD. Wrote the paper: SL JW JD.