About the Authors

Paul E. Gulde

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Witebsky Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Linda Christen

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Witebsky Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Silvia V. Brown

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Witebsky Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Noreen Williams

nw1@buffalo.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Witebsky Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NW PEG LC SVB. Performed the experiments: PEG LC SVB. Analyzed the data: PEG LC NW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PEG LC SVB. Wrote the paper: NW PEG LC.