About the Authors

Yin Shen Wee

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Division of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Janis J. Weis

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Division of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Lorise C. Gahring

Affiliations Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Scott W. Rogers

Affiliations Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

John H. Weis

john.weis@path.utah.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Division of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YSW SWR JHW. Performed the experiments: YSW SWR. Analyzed the data: YSW SWR LCG JJW JHW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YSW SWR LCG JJW JHW. Wrote the paper: YSW SWR LCG JJW JHW.