About the Authors

Makoto Ohashi

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital and Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Mark H. Fogg

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital and Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Nina Orlova

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital and Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Carol Quink

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital and Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Fred Wang

fwang@rics.bwh.harvard.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital and Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FW. Performed the experiments: MO MHF NO CQ FW. Analyzed the data: MO MHF FW. Wrote the paper: MO MHF FW.