About the Authors

Donna C. Davidson

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Giovanni Schifitto

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Sanjay B. Maggirwar

sanjay_maggirwar@urmc.rochester.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DCD GS SBM. Performed the experiments: DCD SBM. Analyzed the data: DCD GS SBM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GS SBM. Wrote the paper: DCD SBM.