About the Authors

Salai Madhumathi Parkunan

Affiliation Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Roger Astley

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Michelle C. Callegan

michelle-callegan@ouhsc.edu

Affiliations Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Dean A. McGee Eye Institute, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMP MCC. Performed the experiments: SMP RA. Analyzed the data: SMP MCC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MCC. Wrote the paper: SMP MCC.