About the Authors

Ryan C. Johnson

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Michael W. Ellis

Affiliation The University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Carey D. Schlett

Affiliation Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Eugene V. Millar

Affiliation Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Patrick T. LaBreck

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Deepika Mor

Affiliation Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Emad M. Elassal

Affiliation Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Jeffrey B. Lanier

Affiliation Martin Army Community Hospital, Fort Benning, Georgia, United States of America

Cassie L. Redden

Affiliations The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Biological Defense Research Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center, Frederick, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America

Tianyuan Cui

Affiliation Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Nimfa Teneza-Mora

Affiliation Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Danett K. Bishop

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Directorate, Wound Infections Department, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Eric R. Hall

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Directorate, Wound Infections Department, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Kimberly A. Bishop-Lilly

Affiliations The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Biological Defense Research Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center, Frederick, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America

D. Scott Merrell

douglas.merrell@usuhs.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: RCJ MWE CDS EVM JBL NT DKB ERH DSM. Formal analysis: RCJ DM EME TC. Funding acquisition: MWE ERH DSM. Investigation: RCJ PTL DM EME CLR TC. Methodology: RCJ MWE CDS EVM NT DKB ERH DSM. Project administration: MWE CDS EVM JBL DKB ERH DSM. Resources: MWE CDS EVM CLR KAB. Supervision: MWE NT DKB ERH KAB DSM. Visualization: RCJ. Writing – original draft: RCJ MWE PTL DSM. Writing – review & editing: RCJ MWE CDS EVM PTL DM EME JBL CLR TC NT DKB ERH KAB DSM.