About the Authors

Wei Fang

Affiliations Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Medical Mycology, PLA Key Laboratory of Mycosis, Institute of Dermatology and Mycosis of Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Michael S. Price

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Dena L. Toffaletti

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Jennifer Tenor

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Marisol Betancourt-Quiroz

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Jennifer L. Price

Current address: Beckman Coulter Genomics, Morrisville, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Wei-hua Pan

Affiliation Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Medical Mycology, PLA Key Laboratory of Mycosis, Institute of Dermatology and Mycosis of Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Wan-qing Liao

perfe001@mc.duke.edu (JRP); liaowanqing@sohu.com (W-QL)

Affiliation Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Medical Mycology, PLA Key Laboratory of Mycosis, Institute of Dermatology and Mycosis of Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

John R. Perfect

perfe001@mc.duke.edu (JRP); liaowanqing@sohu.com (W-QL)

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WF MSP JRP. Performed the experiments: WF MSP DLT JT MB-Q JLP W-HP. Analyzed the data: WF MSP JRP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: W-QL JRP. Wrote the paper: WF MSP JRP.