About the Authors

Mick D. Edmonds

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Christine M. Eischen

christine.eischen@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MDE CME. Performed the experiments: MDE. Analyzed the data: MDE CME. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MDE CME. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MDE CME.