About the Authors

Miguel A. Saldaña

Contributed equally to this work with: Miguel A. Saldaña, Kayvan Etebari

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America

Kayvan Etebari

Contributed equally to this work with: Miguel A. Saldaña, Kayvan Etebari

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Australian Infectious Disease Research Centre, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Charles E. Hart

Roles Investigation, Validation

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America

Steven G. Widen

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America

Thomas G. Wood

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America

Saravanan Thangamani

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Center for Tropical Diseases, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Disease. University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America

Sassan Asgari

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

s.asgari@uq.edu.edu (SA); glhughes@utmb.edu (GLH)

Affiliation Australian Infectious Disease Research Centre, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Grant L. Hughes

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

s.asgari@uq.edu.edu (SA); glhughes@utmb.edu (GLH)

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Center for Tropical Diseases, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Disease. University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.