About the Authors

Jeffrey Mital

Affiliations Host-Parasite Interactions Section, Laboratory of Intracellular Parasites, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, Connecticut, United States of America

Natalie J. Miller

Affiliation Host-Parasite Interactions Section, Laboratory of Intracellular Parasites, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

David W. Dorward

Affiliation Microscopy Unit, Research Technologies Branch, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Cheryl A. Dooley

Affiliation Host-Parasite Interactions Section, Laboratory of Intracellular Parasites, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Ted Hackstadt

Ted_Hackstadt@NIH.Gov

Affiliation Host-Parasite Interactions Section, Laboratory of Intracellular Parasites, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JM TH. Performed the experiments: JM NM DD CD TH. Analyzed the data: JM TH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JM NM DD CD. Wrote the paper: JM TH.