About the Authors

Peter D. Burbelo

* Email: burbelop@nidcr.nih.gov

Affiliation Clinical Dental Research Core, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Kathryn H. Ching

Affiliation Western Regional Research Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Albany, California, United States of America

Caryn G. Morse

Affiliation Critical Care Medicine Department, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Ilias Alevizos

Affiliation Sjögren Syndrome Clinic, Molecular Physiology and Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Ahmad Bayat

Affiliation Department of Perioperative Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Jeffrey I. Cohen

Affiliation Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Mir A. Ali

Affiliation Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Amit Kapoor

Affiliation Center for Infection and Immunity, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Sarah K. Browne

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Steven M. Holland

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Joseph A. Kovacs

Affiliation Critical Care Medicine Department, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Michael J. Iadarola

Affiliation Department of Perioperative Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

Co-author Amit Kapoor is a PLoS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PDB. Performed the experiments: PDB AB. Analyzed the data: PDB KHC JAK MJI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KHC CGM IA JIC MAA SKB SMH JAK. Wrote the manuscript: PDB KHC. Made comments/edits and approved final manuscript: KHC CGM IA AB JIC MAA AK SKB SMH JAK MJI.