About the Authors

Claire Smalley

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Jeremy Bechelli

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Dedeke Rockx-Brouwer

Current address: Intravacc, Bilthoven, the Netherlands

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Tais Saito

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Sasha R. Azar

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Nahed Ismail

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

David H. Walker

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Rong Fang

rofang@utmb.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CS JB RF NI DHW. Performed the experiments: CS JB DRB TS SA RF. Analyzed the data: CS JB DRB SA RF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CS JB TS RF. Wrote the paper: CS JB DHW RF.