About the Authors

Marcel Ooms

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Michael Letko

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Mawuena Binka

Current address: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Viviana Simon

viviana.simon@mssm.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MO. Performed the experiments: MO ML MB. Analyzed the data: MO VS. Wrote the paper: MO VS.