About the Authors

Rajeev Rudraraju

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Bart G. Jones

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Sherri L. Surman

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Robert E. Sealy

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Paul G. Thomas

Affiliations Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Julia L. Hurwitz

julia.hurwitz@stjude.org

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RR BGJ SLS RES PGT JLH. Performed the experiments: RR BGJ SLS RES. Analyzed the data: RR BGJ SLS RES PGT JLH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PGT JLH. Wrote the paper: RR BGJ SLS RES PGT JLH.