About the Authors

Michael Waisberg

waisbergm@niaid.nih.gov (MW); spierce@niaid.nih.gov (SKP)

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Brandi K. Vickers

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Stephanie B. Yager

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Christina K. Lin

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Susan K. Pierce

waisbergm@niaid.nih.gov (MW); spierce@niaid.nih.gov (SKP)

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MW. Performed the experiments: MW BKV SBY CKL. Analyzed the data: MW. Wrote the paper: MW SKP.