About the Authors

Michael S. Piepenbrink

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States of America

Memorie Samuel

Affiliation School of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, DC, United States of America

Bo Zheng

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States of America

Brittany Carter

Affiliation School of Medicine, Texas A&M University, Bryan, TX, United States of America

Christopher Fucile

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States of America

Catherine Bunce

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States of America

Michelle Kiebala

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States of America

Atif A. Khan

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States of America

Juilee Thakar

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States of America

Sanjay B. Maggirwar

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States of America

Diane Morse

Affiliation Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States of America

Alexander F. Rosenberg

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States of America

Norman J. Haughey

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States of America

William Valenti

Affiliations Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States of America, Trillium Health, Rochester, NY, United States of America

Michael C. Keefer

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States of America

James J. Kobie

james_kobie@urmc.rochester.edu

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Thakar received research support from Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MSP MS BC CB MK SBM DM NH WV MCK JJK. Performed the experiments: MSP MS BZ BC NH JJK. Analyzed the data: MSP MS BC AAK JT AFR NH JJK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DM AAK JT CF AFR WV MCK. Wrote the paper: MSP AFR JT NH JJK.