About the Authors

Zhuan Qin

Affiliations Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Jiagang Tu

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Tao Lin

Current address: Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Steven J. Norris

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Chunhao Li

Affiliation Philips Research Institute, School of Dental Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Md A. Motaleb

jliu@yale.edu (JL); motalebm@ecu.edu (MAM)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America

Jun Liu

jliu@yale.edu (JL); motalebm@ecu.edu (MAM)

Affiliations Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.