About the Authors

Joseph L. Mankowski

jmankows@jhmi.edu

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Suzanne E. Queen

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Caroline S. Fernandez

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Patrick M. Tarwater

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, El Paso, Texas, United States of America

Jami M. Karper

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Robert J. Adams

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Stephen J. Kent

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JLM SJK. Performed the experiments: JLM SEQ CSF JMK RA. Analyzed the data: JLM SEQ PMT SJK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JLM CSF PMT RA SJK. Wrote the paper: JLM SEQ PMT SJK.