About the Authors

Arulkumaran Shanmugam

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Shilpi Rajoria

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Andrea L. George

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Abraham Mittelman

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Robert Suriano

robert_suriano@nymc.edu (RS); raj_tiwari@nymc.edu (RT)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Raj K. Tiwari

robert_suriano@nymc.edu (RS); raj_tiwari@nymc.edu (RT)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS RS RKT. Performed the experiments: AS RS SR ALG. Analyzed the data: AS RS RKT AM. Wrote the paper: AS RS RKT.