About the Authors

Cara J. Chrisman

These authors contributed equally to this work and share first authorship.

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Patricia Albuquerque

These authors contributed equally to this work and share first authorship.

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Allan J. Guimaraes

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Edward Nieves

Affiliations Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Arturo Casadevall

Arturo.casadevall@einstein.yu.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CJC PA AJG AC. Performed the experiments: CJC PA AJG EN. Analyzed the data: CJC PA AJG EN AC. Wrote the paper: CJC PA AJG AC.