About the Authors

Fiona J. Whelan

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

Alya A. Heirali

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

Laura Rossi

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

Harvey R. Rabin

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, Department of Medicine, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

Michael D. Parkins

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, Department of Medicine, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

Michael G. Surette

surette@mcmaster.ca

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: FJW MDP MGS. Data curation: HRR MDP. Formal analysis: FJW. Funding acquisition: MDP MGS. Investigation: AAH LR. Writing – original draft: FJW AAH LR HRR MDP MGS. Writing – review & editing: FJW AAH LR HRR MDP MGS.