About the Authors

Alanna M. Spees

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Christopher A. Lopez

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Dawn D. Kingsbury

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Sebastian E. Winter

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Andreas J. Bäumler

ajbaumler@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.