About the Authors

Marija Pinne

mpinne@ucla.edu

Affiliations Research Service, 151, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Henry A. Choy

Affiliations Research Service, 151, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

David A. Haake

Affiliations Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, 111F, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

D.H. and H.C. are coauthors on a manuscript in preparation with Associate Editor Mathieu Picardeau. D.A.H. is a consultant for Merial, which markets vaccines for prevention of leptospirosis.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MP HAC DAH. Performed the experiments: MP. Analyzed the data: MP HAC DAH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DAH. Wrote the paper: MP.