About the Authors

Sandra J. Laney

Slaney@smith.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States of America

Caitlin J. Buttaro

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sabato Visconti

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States of America, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Nils Pilotte

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States of America

Reda M. R. Ramzy

Affiliation National Nutrition Institute, Cairo, Egypt

Gary J. Weil

Affiliation Infectious Disease Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Steven A. Williams

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States of America, Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

One of the authors of this manuscript, Dr. Gary Weil, is on the Editorial Board of this journal as an Editorial Advisor.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SL RR GW SW. Performed the experiments: SL CB SV NP. Analyzed the data: SL CB SV NP. Wrote the paper: SL. Edited and revised the manuscript: RR GW SW. Edited the manuscript: NP.