About the Authors

Shilpa Aggarwal

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Birgit Bradel-Tretheway

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Toru Takimoto

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Stephen Dewhurst

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Baek Kim

baek_kim@urmc.rochester.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BK. Performed the experiments: SA. Analyzed the data: BBT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TT SD.