About the Authors

Dina A. Moustafa

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Atlanta, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jennifer M. Scarff

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Preston P. Garcia

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Sara K. B. Cassidy

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Antonio DiGiandomenico

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Infectious Diseases, MedImmune, LLC, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America

David M. Waag

Affiliation Bacteriology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America

Thomas J. Inzana

Affiliation Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine and Virginia Tech-Carilion School of Medicine, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Joanna B. Goldberg

joanna.goldberg@emory.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Atlanta, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DAM JMS PPG SKBC AD JBG. Performed the experiments: DAM JMS PPG SKBC AD. Analyzed the data: DAM PPG SKBC AD JBG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DMW TJI. Wrote the paper: DAM JMS PPG SKBC AD JBG.