About the Authors

Amita Joshi

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Biwei Zhao

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Cara Romanowski

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

David Rosen

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Phyllis Flomenberg

phyllis.flomenberg@mail.jci.tju.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AJ PF. Performed the experiments: AJ BZ CR. Analyzed the data: AJ PF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AJ PF DR. Wrote the paper: AJ PF.