About the Authors

Bernard J. C. Macatangay

macatangaybj@upmc.edu

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Marta E. Szajnik

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Theresa L. Whiteside

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Sharon A. Riddler

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Charles R. Rinaldo

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology and Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health and School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BJCM MS TLW SR CRR. Performed the experiments: BJCM MS. Analyzed the data: BJCM MS TLW SR CRR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TLW CRR. Wrote the paper: BJCM TLW SR CRR.