About the Authors

Caroline H. T. Hall

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology Research, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Rachel Kassel

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology Research, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Robert S. Tacke

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology Research, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Young S. Hahn

ysh5e@virginia.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology Research, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CHH RK YSH. Performed the experiments: CHH RST. Analyzed the data: CHH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CHH. Wrote the paper: CHH RK RST YSH.