About the Authors

Michael G. Izban

mizban@mmc.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Bogdan J. Nowicki

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Stella Nowicki

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MGI SN BJN. Performed the experiments: MGI. Analyzed the data: MGI SN BJN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SN BJN MGI. Wrote the paper: MGI.