About the Authors

Shane C. McAllister

smcallis@umn.edu

Affiliations Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Center for Infectious Disease and Microbiology Translational Research, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Mark R. Schleiss

Affiliations Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Center for Infectious Disease and Microbiology Translational Research, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Sophie Arbefeville

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Marie E. Steiner

Affiliations Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Division of Pediatric Critical Care, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Ryan S. Hanson

Affiliations Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Center for Infectious Disease and Microbiology Translational Research, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Catherine Pollock

Affiliations Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Center for Infectious Disease and Microbiology Translational Research, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Patricia Ferrieri

Affiliations Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SCM MRS SA MES PF. Performed the experiments: SCM SA RSH CP PF. Analyzed the data: SCM MRS SA MES RSH CP PF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SCM MRS SA MES PF. Wrote the paper: SCM MRS SA MES RSH CP PF.