About the Authors

Tiffany M. Zarrella

Affiliation Center for Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Anju Singh

Affiliation Center for Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Constantine Bitsaktsis

Affiliation Center for Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Tabassum Rahman

Affiliation Center for Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Bikash Sahay

Affiliation Center for Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Paul J. Feustel

Affiliation Center for Neuropharmacology and Neuroscience, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Edmund J. Gosselin

Affiliation Center for Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Timothy J. Sellati

Affiliation Center for Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Karsten R. O. Hazlett

Hazlett@mail.amc.edu

Affiliation Center for Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KROH. Performed the experiments: TMZ AS CB TR KROH. Analyzed the data: PJF KROH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BS EJG TJS. Wrote the paper: KROH.