About the Authors

Laura Heath

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Alan Fox

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Jan McClure

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Kurt Diem

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Angélique B. van 't Wout

Affiliation Department of Experimental Immunology, Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA) at the Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Hong Zhao

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

David R. Park

Affiliation Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Jeffrey T. Schouten

Affiliation General Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Homer L. Twigg III

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Lawrence Corey

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

James I. Mullins

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

John E. Mittler

jmittler@u.washington.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LH JM AvW DRP JS HT LC JIM JEM. Performed the experiments: LH AF JM HAZ DRP JS HT. Analyzed the data: LH AF KD JIM JEM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LH JM KD HT LC JIM. Wrote the paper: LH AF JM KD AvW DRP JS HT LC JIM JEM.