About the Authors

Michelle Kiebala

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Oksana Polesskaya

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Zhenqiang Yao

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Seth W. Perry

Affiliation Center for Neural Development and Disease, Department of Neurology, the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Sanjay B. Maggirwar

sanjay_maggirwar@urmc.rochester.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 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: MK SBM. Performed the experiments: MK. Analyzed the data: MK SBM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MK OP ZY SBM. Wrote the paper: MK SWP SBM.