About the Authors

Sunil Joshi

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Benjamin T. Saylor

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Wei Wang

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Ammon B. Peck

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Department of Oral Biology, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Saeed R. Khan

Khan@pathology.ufl.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SRK ABP. Performed the experiments: SJ BTS WW. Analyzed the data: SJ ABP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SJ BTS WW ABP. Wrote the paper: SJ ABP SRK. Prepared figures: SJ ABP.