About the Authors

Rosana B. R. Ferreira

Affiliation Michael Smith Laboratories, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Navkiran Gill

Affiliation Michael Smith Laboratories, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Benjamin P. Willing

Affiliation Michael Smith Laboratories, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

L. Caetano M. Antunes

Affiliation Michael Smith Laboratories, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Shannon L. Russell

Affiliations Michael Smith Laboratories, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Matthew A. Croxen

Affiliation Michael Smith Laboratories, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

B. Brett Finlay

bfinlay@interchange.ubc.ca

Affiliations Michael Smith Laboratories, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RBRF NG BPW LCMA BBF. Performed the experiments: RBRF NG BPW LCMA SLR MAC. Analyzed the data: RBRF NG BPW LCMA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BBF. Wrote the paper: RBF NG BPW LCMA SLR MAC BBF.