About the Authors

Anastasia Hyrina

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Fanrui Meng

Affiliation Department of Cell and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Steven J. McArthur

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Sharlene Eivemark

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Ivan R. Nabi

Affiliation Department of Cell and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

François Jean

fjean@mail.ubc.ca

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: AH FJ. Formal analysis: AH FM SJM FJ. Funding acquisition: FJ. Investigation: AH FM SE. Methodology: AH FJ. Project administration: FJ. Resources: FJ. Software: FJ IRN. Supervision: FJ IRN. Validation: FJ IRN. Visualization: AH FM FJ. Writing – original draft: AH FJ. Writing – review & editing: AH FM SJM SE IRN FJ.