About the Authors

Michelle A. Favila

Contributed equally to this work with: Michelle A. Favila, Nicholas S. Geraci

Affiliation Eck Institute for Global Health, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Nicholas S. Geraci

Contributed equally to this work with: Michelle A. Favila, Nicholas S. Geraci

Affiliation Eck Institute for Global Health, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Asha Jayakumar

Affiliation Eck Institute for Global Health, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Suzanne Hickerson

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology Department, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Janet Mostrom

Affiliation Eck Institute for Global Health, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Salvatore J. Turco

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Stephen M. Beverley

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology Department, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Mary Ann McDowell

mcdowell.11@nd.edu

Affiliation Eck Institute for Global Health, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAF NSG AJ SJT SMB MAM. Performed the experiments: MAF NSG AJ SH JM. Analyzed the data: MAF NSG SMB MAM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SJT SMB MAM. Wrote the paper: MAF NSG SMB MAM.