About the Authors
- Dionna W. Williams
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- Tina M. Calderon
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- Lillie Lopez
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- Loreto Carvallo-Torres
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- Peter J. Gaskill
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- Eliseo A. Eugenin
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Affiliations Public Health Research Institute, University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America, Department of Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
- Susan Morgello
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Affiliations Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
- Joan W. Berman
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* E-mail: joan.berman@einstein.yu.edu
Affiliations Department of Pathology, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
Competing Interests
Dionna Williams is the recipient of a Merck Graduate Science Dissertation Fellowship. As such,we state that this does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DWW TMC LL JWB. Performed the experiments: DWW TMC LL LCT PJG. Analyzed the data: DWW EAE SM JWB. Wrote the manuscript: DWW. Edited the manuscript: TMC LL LCT PJG EAE SM JWB.