About the Authors

Heungjeong Woo

Current address: Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare, San Diego, California, United States of America

Sharon Okamoto

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare, San Diego, California, United States of America

Donald Guiney

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

John S. Gunn

Affiliation Center for Microbial Interface Biology, Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology, and Medical Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Joshua Fierer

*E-mail: jfierer@ucsd.edu

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare, San Diego, California, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JF. Performed the experiments: SO HW. Analyzed the data: JF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DG JG. Wrote the paper: DG JF.