About the Authors

Takashi Suzuki

takashi.suzuki@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Judy J. Brown

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Larry L. Swift

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Research Service, Veterans Affairs, Tennessee Valley Health Care System, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TS. Performed the experiments: TS JJB. Analyzed the data: TS LLS. Wrote the paper: TS LLS JJB.