About the Authors

Smita Jaiswal

Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Todd Pearson

Affiliation Diabetes Division, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Heather Friberg

Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Leonard D. Shultz

Affiliation Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

Dale L. Greiner

Affiliation Diabetes Division, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Alan L. Rothman

Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Anuja Mathew

anuja.mathew@umassmed.edu

Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, 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: ALR AM. Performed the experiments: SJ HF. Analyzed the data: SJ TP AM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TP LDS DLG. Wrote the paper: SJ AM.