About the Authors

Shankar Suman

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Girish Rachakonda

Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Sammed N. Mandape

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Shruti S. Sakhare

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Fernando Villalta

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Siddharth Pratap

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Graduate Studies and Research, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Maria F. Lima

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Graduate Studies and Research, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Pius N. Nde

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

pnde@mmc.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.