About the Authors

Cheng-Yuk Lee

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

George R. Thompson III

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Coccidioidomycosis Serology Laboratory, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Christine J. Hastey

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Gregory C. Hodge

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Coccidioidomycosis Serology Laboratory, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Jennine M. Lunetta

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Coccidioidomycosis Serology Laboratory, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Demosthenes Pappagianis

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Coccidioidomycosis Serology Laboratory, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Volkmar Heinrich

vheinrich@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VH CYL GRT. Performed the experiments: CYL CJH GCH JML. Analyzed the data: CYL CJH VH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GRT VH CYL DP. Wrote the paper: VH GRT CYL.