About the Authors

Anita A. Koshy

Affiliations Department of Medicine (Infectious Disease), Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Hans K. Dietrich

Affiliation Department of Medicine (Infectious Disease), Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

David A. Christian

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jason H. Melehani

Current address: University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Anjali J. Shastri

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Christopher A. Hunter

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

John C. Boothroyd

john.boothroyd@stanford.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AAK DAC CAH JCB. Performed the experiments: AAK HKD DAC JHM AJS. Analyzed the data: AAK HKD DAC JHM AJS CAH JCB. Wrote the paper: AAK JCB.