About the Authors

Kimberly K. Gray

Contributed equally to this work with: Kimberly K. Gray, Melissa N. Worthy

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Melissa N. Worthy

Contributed equally to this work with: Kimberly K. Gray, Melissa N. Worthy

Affiliations Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Galveston National Laboratory, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Terry L. Juelich

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Stacy L. Agar

Affiliation Integrated Research Facility, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Allison Poussard

Affiliations Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Galveston National Laboratory, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Dan Ragland

Affiliation Integrated Research Facility, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Alexander N. Freiberg

Affiliations Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Galveston National Laboratory, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Center for Tropical Diseases, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Michael R. Holbrook

Michael.holbrook@nih.gov

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Galveston National Laboratory, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Integrated Research Facility, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Center for Tropical Diseases, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KKG MNW DR ANF MRH. Performed the experiments: KKG MNW TLJ SLA AP ANF MRH. Analyzed the data: KKG MNW DR ANF MRH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DR MRH. Wrote the paper: KKG DR ANF MRH.