About the Authors

Jean N. Manirarora

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville, Health Sciences Center (HSC), Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Michele M. Kosiewicz

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville, Health Sciences Center (HSC), Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Sarah A. Parnell

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville, Health Sciences Center (HSC), Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Pascale Alard

p0alar01@gwise.louisville.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville, Health Sciences Center (HSC), Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MK PA. Performed the experiments: JNM SAP PA. Analyzed the data: JNM MK SAP PA. Wrote the paper: JNM MK PA.