About the Authors

Weidong Gu

wgu@uab.edu

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Günter Müller

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, IMRIC, Kuvin Centre for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

Yosef Schlein

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, IMRIC, Kuvin Centre for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

Robert J. Novak

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

John C. Beier

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Miller School of Medicine, Center for Global Health Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GM JCB YS. Performed the experiments: GM. Analyzed the data: WG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WG GM JCB RJN. Wrote the paper: WG.