About the Authors

Chris P. Verschoor

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Jennie Johnstone

Affiliation Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Jamie Millar

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Robin Parsons

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Alina Lelic

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Mark Loeb

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Institute for Infectious Diseases Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Jonathan L. Bramson

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Institute for Infectious Diseases Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Dawn M. E. Bowdish

bowdish@mcmaster.ca

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Institute for Infectious Diseases Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CV DMEB. Performed the experiments: CV JM RP AL. Analyzed the data: CV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: CV DMEB. Organized and managed experimental cohorts: JJ ML.