About the Authors

Michael J. Imperiale

imperial@umich.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Arturo Casadevall

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing research interests exist. Both MJI and AC signed the Cambridge Working Group statement, and MJI also signed the Scientists for Science statement, in 2014.

Author Contributions

Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: MJI. Wrote the paper: AC MJI. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: AC MJI. All authors have read, and confirm that they meet, ICMJE criteria for authorship.