About the Authors

Sara M. Johnson

Affiliations Center for Vaccines and Immunity, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Beth A. McNally

Current Address: PGXL Laboratories, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Affiliations Center for Vaccines and Immunity, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Ioannis Ioannidis

Current Address: University of South Alabama, Department of Pathology, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Affiliations Center for Vaccines and Immunity, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Emilio Flano

Current Address: Genocea Biosciences Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliations Center for Vaccines and Immunity, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Michael N. Teng

Affiliation Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Antonius G. Oomens

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Edward E. Walsh

Affiliation School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Mark E. Peeples

mark.peeples@nationwidechildrens.org

Affiliations Center for Vaccines and Immunity, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMJ BAM II EF MEP. Performed the experiments: SMJ BAM II. Analyzed the data: SMJ BAM II EF MEP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MNT AGO EEW. Wrote the paper: SMJ MEP.