About the Authors

Keith Meyer

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Arup Banerjee

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Sharon E. Frey

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Robert B. Belshe

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Ranjit Ray

rayr@slu.edu

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KM AB SEF RBB RR. Performed the experiments: KM AB RR. Analyzed the data: KM AB SEF RBB RR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KM AB SEF RBB RR. Wrote the paper: KM AB SEF RBB RR. Conducted the vaccine trial: SEF RBB.