About the Authors

Ana Moran

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Section, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Stephen A. Thacker

Affiliation Pediatric Infectious Diseases Section, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Ayse Akcan Arikan

Affiliation Critical Care Section, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Mary-Ann A. Mastrangelo

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Section, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Yong Wu

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Section, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Bi Yu

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Section, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

David J. Tweardy

dtweardy@bcm.tmc.edu

Affiliations Infectious Diseases Section, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Molecular, Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AM DJT. Performed the experiments: AM AAA M-AAM YW BY. Analyzed the data: AM SAT DJT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DJT. Wrote the paper: AM SAT DJT. Created Figures: SAT AM.