About the Authors

Anastasia P. Litvintseva

litvi001@mc.duke.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Ignazio Carbone

Affiliation Center for Integrated Fungal Research, Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Jenny Rossouw

Affiliation Special Bacterial Pathogens Reference Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa

Rameshwari Thakur

Affiliation Mycology Department, National Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Gaborone, Botswana

Nelesh P. Govender

Affiliation Mycology Reference Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa

Thomas G. Mitchell

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: APL TGM. Analyzed the data: APL IC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RT JR NPG. Wrote the paper: APL TGM.