About the Authors

Andrew Platt

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Heather MacLeod

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Paola Massari

Affiliation Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Xiuping Liu

Affiliation Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Lee Wetzler

lwetzler@bu.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AP HM LW. Performed the experiments: AP HM XL. Analyzed the data: AP HM PM LW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PM. Wrote the manuscript: AP LW.