About the Authors

Patrick Paladino

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Susan E. Collins

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Karen L. Mossman

mossk@mcmaster.ca

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PP KLM. Performed the experiments: PP SEC. Analyzed the data: PP KLM. Wrote the paper: PP KLM.