About the Authors

Andrew J. Hryckowian

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Gary A. Baisa

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Kevin J. Schwartz

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Rodney A. Welch

rawelch@wisc.edu

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AJH GAB RAW. Performed the experiments: AJH KJS. Analyzed the data: AJH GAB RAW. Wrote the paper: AJH RAW.