About the Authors

Narendra P. Singh

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Udai P. Singh

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Hongbing Guan

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Prakash Nagarkatti

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Mitzi Nagarkatti

mnagark@uscmed.sc.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NPS UPS PN MN. Performed the experiments: NPS UPS HG. Analyzed the data: NPS UPS HG PN MN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PN MN. Wrote the paper: NPS UPS PN MN.