About the Authors

Ellen Mueller Fox

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Christopher P. Morris

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Marc P. Hübner

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Edward Mitre

edward.mitre@usuhs.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EMF EM. Performed the experiments: EMF MPH CPM. Analyzed the data: EMF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EMF CPM MPH EM. Wrote the paper: EMF EM.