About the Authors

Susan C. Irvin

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 10461, United States of America and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 10461, United States of America

Betsy C. Herold

betsy.herold@einstein.yu.edu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 10461, United States of America and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 10461, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SCI BCH. Performed the experiments: SCI BCH. Analyzed the data: SCI BCH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SCI BCH. Wrote the paper: SCI BCH.