About the Authors

Lance T. Vernon

ltv1@case.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Catherine A. Demko

Affiliation Department of Community Dentistry, Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Denise C. Babineau

Affiliation Center for Clinical Investigation, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Xuelei Wang

Affiliation Center for Clinical Investigation, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Zahra Toossi

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Aaron Weinberg

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Benigno Rodriguez

Affiliation Center for AIDS Research, Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LTV CAD DCB XW ZT AW BR. Performed the experiments: LTV ZT. Analyzed the data: LTV CAD DCB ZT XW AW BR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZT DCB XW. Wrote the manuscript: LTV CAD DCB XW ZT AW BR.