About the Authors

Ryan S. Noyce

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, IWK Health Sciences Centre, Canadian Center for Vaccinology, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Daniel G. Bondre

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, IWK Health Sciences Centre, Canadian Center for Vaccinology, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Michael N. Ha

Affiliations IWK Health Sciences Centre, Canadian Center for Vaccinology, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Liang-Tzung Lin

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, IWK Health Sciences Centre, Canadian Center for Vaccinology, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Gary Sisson

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, IWK Health Sciences Centre, Canadian Center for Vaccinology, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Ming-Sound Tsao

Affiliations Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Ontario Cancer Institute and Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Canada

Christopher D. Richardson

chris.richardson@dal.ca.

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, IWK Health Sciences Centre, Canadian Center for Vaccinology, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RSN DGB CDR. Performed the experiments: RSN DGB GS CDR. Analyzed the data: RSN DGB LTL CDR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MNH LTL MST. Wrote the paper: RSN CDR.