About the Authors

Monica A. McArthur

Affiliations Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Marcelo B. Sztein

msztein@medicine.umaryland.edu

Affiliations Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAM MBS. Performed the experiments: MAM. Analyzed the data: MAM MBS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MBS. Wrote the paper: MAM MBS.