About the Authors

Victor I. Ayala

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

John R. Teijaro

Current address: Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, San Diego, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Donna L. Farber

Current address: Department of Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Susan G. Dorsey

Affiliation University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Nicholas H. Carbonetti

ncarbone@umaryland.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VIA NHC. Performed the experiments: VIA JRT. Analyzed the data: VIA SGD NHC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JRT DLF SGD. Wrote the paper: VIA NHC. Developed mouse model of influenza virus infection and taught to VIA and NHC: JRT DLF.