About the Authors

Daniel H. Libraty

daniel.libraty@umassmed.edu

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Pengyan Wang

Affiliation College of Animal Sciences and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China

Zhiru Guo

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Venelle Bigcas

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Metro Manila, Philippines

Job D. Brion

Affiliation San Pablo City Health Department, San Pablo, Laguna, Philippines

Rosario Z. Capeding

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Metro Manila, Philippines

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DHL. Performed the experiments: PW ZG. Analyzed the data: DHL RZC JDB VB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RZC JDB VB. Wrote the paper: DHL.