About the Authors

Alejandro Ramirez

Current address: iQur Limited, London, United Kingdom

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

Mary Co

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

Anuja Mathew

mathewa@uri.edu

Current address: University of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AR AM. Performed the experiments: AR. Analyzed the data: AR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MC. Wrote the paper: AR MC AM.