About the Authors

Anne E. Marsden

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Kevin Grudzinski

Current address: Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Jakob M. Ondrey

Current address: Special Infectious Diseases Section, Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Cindy R. DeLoney-Marino

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, Indiana, United States of America

Karen L. Visick

kvisick@luc.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: KLV AEM CRDM. Formal analysis: AEM. Funding acquisition: KLV. Investigation: KLV AEM CRDM JMO KG. Methodology: KLV. Supervision: KLV. Visualization: AEM. Writing – original draft: KLV AEM. Writing – review & editing: KLV AEM CRDM JMO KG.