About the Authors

Denise G. Martinez-Lopez

Affiliations Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for Infectious Disease Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Mark Fahey

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for Infectious Disease Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Jenifer Coburn

jcoburn@mcw.edu

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for Infectious Disease Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JC. Performed the experiments: DGML MF. Analyzed the data: DGML MF JC. Wrote the paper: DGML JC.