About the Authors

Anhphan T. Ly

Contributed equally to this work with: Anhphan T. Ly, John P. Noto

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

John P. Noto

Contributed equally to this work with: Anhphan T. Ly, John P. Noto

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Odaelys L. Walwyn

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Robert R. Tanz

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Stanford T. Shulman

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

William Kabat

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Debra E. Bessen

debra_bessen@nymc.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: DB. Investigation: AL JN OW. Resources: RT SS WK. Writing – review & editing: DB RT SS.