About the Authors

Ryan McClure

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States of America

Kathleen Nudel

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States of America

Paola Massari

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States of America

Brian Tjaden

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, United States of America

Xiaohong Su

Affiliation STD Clinic, Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing 210042, China

Peter A. Rice

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States of America

Caroline A. Genco

caroline.genco@tufts.edu

Current address: Department of Integrative Physiology and Pathobiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, 136 Harrison Ave, M & V 701, Boston, MA 02111, United States of America

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RM CAG PAR. Performed the experiments: RM KN XS. Analyzed the data: RM KN BT PM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XS BT. Wrote the paper: RM KN PM PAR CAG.