About the Authors

Katherine C. MacNamara

Current address: Center for Immunology and Microbial Diseases, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunology, Division of Infectious Diseases, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, United States of America

Maura Jones

Current address: Center for Immunology and Microbial Diseases, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunology, Division of Infectious Diseases, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, United States of America

Olga Martin

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunology, Division of Infectious Diseases, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, United States of America

Gary M. Winslow

gary.winslow@wadsworth.org

Affiliations Laboratory of Immunology, Division of Infectious Diseases, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KCM GMW. Performed the experiments: KCM MJ OM. Analyzed the data: KCM. Wrote the paper: KCM GMW.