About the Authors

Pietro Presicce

Affiliation Division of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Research Foundation, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Maria E. Moreno-Fernandez

Affiliation Division of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Research Foundation, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Laura K. Rusie

Affiliation Division of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Research Foundation, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Carl Fichtenbaum

Affiliation Infectious Disease Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Claire A. Chougnet

claire.chougnet@cchmc.org

Affiliation Division of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Research Foundation, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PP CF CAC. Performed the experiments: PP MEMF LKR. Analyzed the data: PP MEMF LKR. Wrote the paper: PP CF CAC.