About the Authors

Jeffrey Ward

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Zachary Davis

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Jason DeHart

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Erik Zimmerman

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Alberto Bosque

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Enrico Brunetta

Affiliation Laboratorio di Immunologia Sperimentale, IRCCS, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano (Milano), Italy

Domenico Mavilio

Affiliation Laboratorio di Immunologia Sperimentale, IRCCS, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano (Milano), Italy

Vicente Planelles

Contributed equally to this work with: Vicente Planelles, Edward Barker

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Edward Barker

Contributed equally to this work with: Vicente Planelles, Edward Barker

Edward_Barker@rush.edu

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: J. Ward, J. DeHart, E. Zimmerman, D. Mavilio, V. Planelles, E. Barker. Performed the experiments: J. Ward, Z. Davis, A. Bosque, E. Barker. Analyzed the data: J. Ward, Z. Davis, V. Planelles, E. Barker. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: J. DeHart, E. Brunetta, D. Mavilio. Wrote the paper: J. Ward, Z. Davis, V. Planelles, E. Barker.