About the Authors

Jeremy V. Camp

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Yong-Kyu Chu

Affiliation Center for Predictive Medicine for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Dong-Hoon Chung

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Center for Predictive Medicine for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Ryan C. McAllister

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Robert S. Adcock

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Rachael L. Gerlach

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Timothy L. Wiemken

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Paula Peyrani

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Julio A. Ramirez

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

James T. Summersgill

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Colleen B. Jonsson

cbjons01@louisville.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Center for Predictive Medicine for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YKC JVC CBJ. Performed the experiments: YKC JVC DHC JTS RCM RSA. Analyzed the data: YKC JVC CBJ PP TLW RLG RCM JAR. Wrote the paper: YKC CBJ JVC DHC JTS RCM TLW.