About the Authors

Yanjia J. Zhang

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Thomas R. Ioerger

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Curtis Huttenhower

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jarukit E. Long

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Christopher M. Sassetti

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

James C. Sacchettini

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Eric J. Rubin

erubin@hsph.harvard.edu

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YJZ EJR CMS. Performed the experiments: YJZ. Analyzed the data: YJZ TRI CH EJR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CH JCS CMS TRI JEL. Wrote the paper: YJZ EJR.