About the Authors

Timothy J. Chapman

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology, Aab Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Kris Lambert

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology, Aab Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

David J. Topham

david_topham@urmc.rochester.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology, Aab Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DJT TJC. Performed the experiments: TJC KL. Analyzed the data: DJT TJC KL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DJT. Wrote the paper: DJT TJC.