About the Authors

Ciara Gimblet

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States of America

Michael A. Loesche

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States of America

Lucas Carvalho

Affiliations Serviço de Imunologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Instituto Nacional de Ciências e Tecnologia—Doenças Tropicais, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Instituto de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Edgar M. Carvalho

Affiliations Serviço de Imunologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Instituto Nacional de Ciências e Tecnologia—Doenças Tropicais, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Instituto de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Elizabeth A. Grice

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States of America

David Artis

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States of America

Phillip Scott

pscott@vet.upenn.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CG ML LC EMC EAG DA PS. Performed the experiments: CG LC. Analyzed the data: CG ML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LC EMC EAG DA PS. Wrote the paper: CG ML PS.