About the Authors

Hamada F. Rady

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Louisiana Vaccine Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Guixiang Dai

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Louisiana Vaccine Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Weitao Huang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Judd E. Shellito

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Louisiana Vaccine Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Alistair J. Ramsay

aramsa@lsuhsc.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Louisiana Vaccine Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HFR JES AJR. Performed the experiments: HFR GD WH AJR. Analyzed the data: HFR GD AJR. Wrote the paper: HFR JES AJR.