About the Authors

Jason S. Lehmann

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Derrick E. Fouts

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Daniel H. Haft

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Anthony P. Cannella

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Jessica N. Ricaldi

Current address: Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Alexander von Humboldt”, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Lauren Brinkac

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Derek Harkins

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Scott Durkin

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Ravi Sanka

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Granger Sutton

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Angelo Moreno

Current address: Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America.

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Joseph M. Vinetz

jvinetz@ucsd.edu (JMV); mmatthias@ucsd.edu (MAM)

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Michael A. Matthias

jvinetz@ucsd.edu (JMV); mmatthias@ucsd.edu (MAM)

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JSL APC JNR JMV MAM. Performed the experiments: JSL APC JNR AM MAM. Analyzed the data: JSL DEF DHH APC JNR LB DH SD RS GS AM JMV MAM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JSL DEF DHH APC JNR LB DH SD RS GS AM JMV MAM. Wrote the paper: JSL DEF DHH APC JNR JMV MAM.