About the Authors

Maya C. Poffenberger

Affiliation Microbiology and Immunology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Nadine Straka

Affiliation Microbiology and Immunology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Nahida El Warry

Affiliation Microbiology and Immunology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Dianne Fang

Affiliation Microbiology and Immunology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Iryna Shanina

Affiliation Microbiology and Immunology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Marc S. Horwitz

mhorwitz@interchange.ubc.ca

Affiliation Microbiology and Immunology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MCP MSH. Performed the experiments: MCP NS NEW DF IS. Analyzed the data: MCP MSH. Wrote the paper: MCP MSH.