About the Authors

Kun Hyoe Rhoo

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Megan Granger

Current address: Upstate Stem Cell cGMP Facility, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Joynita Sur

Current address: Flaum Eye Institute, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Changyong Feng

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Harris A. Gelbard

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Center for Neural Development and Disease, and Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Stephen Dewhurst

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Oksana Polesskaya

Oksana_Polesskaya@urmc.rochester.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KHR JS HAG SD OP. Performed the experiments: KHR MG JS OP. Analyzed the data: KHR MG JS CF SD OP. Wrote the paper: KHR SD OP.