About the Authors

Sarah L. George

georgesl@slu.edu

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Research Service, St. Louis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Dino Varmaz

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Research Service, St. Louis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

John E. Tavis

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Adnan Chowdhury

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SG JT AC DV. Performed the experiments: DV AC SG. Analyzed the data: JT SG AC DV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SG JT. Wrote the paper: SG JT AC.