About the Authors

Momoko Yoshimoto

Affiliation Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Mervin C. Yoder

Affiliation Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Patricia Guevara

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Becky Adkins

radkins@med.miami.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BA MY MCY PG. Performed the experiments: MY PG. Analyzed the data: BA MY MCY PG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BA MY MCY PG. Wrote the paper: BA.