About the Authors

Roberto Rosales-Reyes

Affiliations Centre for Human Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, Laboratorio de Infectología, Microbiología e Inmunología Clínicas, Departamento de Medicina Experimental, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, México

Daniel F. Aubert

Affiliation Centre for Human Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Jennifer S. Tolman

Affiliation Centre for Human Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Amal O. Amer

Affiliation Centre for Microbial Interface Biology, Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity and the Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Miguel A. Valvano

mvalvano@uwo.ca

Affiliation Centre for Human Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

MAV is a PLoS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The other authors declare that no competing interests exist other than the one stated above.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RRR DFA MAV. Performed the experiments: RRR DFA JST. Analyzed the data: RRR DFA JST MAV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DFA JST AOA. Wrote the paper: RRR MAV. Critical revision of manuscript: DFA AOA MAV.