About the Authors

M. Elizabeth Brockson

Affiliation The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Laura A. Novotny

Affiliation The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Joseph A. Jurcisek

Affiliation The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Glen McGillivary

Affiliation The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Martha R. Bowers

Affiliation The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Lauren O. Bakaletz

Lauren.Bakaletz@NationwideChildrens.org

Affiliation The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MEB JAJ GM LOB. Performed the experiments: MEB JAJ GM MRB. Analyzed the data: MEB JAJ GM MRB LOB. Wrote the paper: MEB LAN JAJ GM MRB LOB.