About the Authors

Guorong Xu

Contributed equally to this work with: Guorong Xu, Michael J. Strong

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, University of New Orleans Lakefront, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Michael J. Strong

Contributed equally to this work with: Guorong Xu, Michael J. Strong

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Michelle R. Lacey

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Carl Baribault

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Erik K. Flemington

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Christopher M. Taylor

ctay15@lsuhsc.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Parasitology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Research Institute for Children, Children's Hospital of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GX MJS CMT EKF. Performed the experiments: GX MJS. Analyzed the data: GX MJS MRL CB CMT EKF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GX CMT MRL CB. Wrote the paper: GX MJS CMT EKF.