About the Authors

Prasad K. Padmanabhan

Affiliation Research Centre in Infectious Diseases, CHUL Research Centre (CHUQ) and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, Canada

Carole Dumas

Affiliation Research Centre in Infectious Diseases, CHUL Research Centre (CHUQ) and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, Canada

Mukesh Samant

Affiliation Research Centre in Infectious Diseases, CHUL Research Centre (CHUQ) and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, Canada

Annie Rochette

Affiliation INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, Laval, Canada

Martin J. Simard

Affiliation Laval University Cancer Research Centre, Hôtel-Dieu de Québec (CHUQ), Quebec, Canada

Barbara Papadopoulou

barbara.papadopoulou@crchul.ulaval.ca

Affiliation Research Centre in Infectious Diseases, CHUL Research Centre (CHUQ) and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have no competing interests to declare.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PKP MJS BP. Performed the experiments: PKP CD MS AR. Analyzed the data: PKP CD MS BP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS. Wrote the paper: PKP BP.