About the Authors

Janyce A. Sugui

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

H. Stanley Kim

Affiliation Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, Anam-Dong, Seongbuk-Gu, Seoul, Korea

Kol A. Zarember

Affiliation Laboratory of Host Defenses, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Yun C. Chang

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

John I. Gallin

Affiliation Laboratory of Host Defenses, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Willian C. Nierman

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

Kyung J. Kwon-Chung

june_kwon-chung@nih.gov

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JG KK HK WN JS KZ YC. Performed the experiments: HK JS KZ. Analyzed the data: JG KK HK WN JS KZ YC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JG KK HK WN JS KZ. Wrote the paper: KK HK JS.