About the Authors

Abdallah A. Abdelmaksoud

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Philippe H. Girerd

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Erin M. Garcia

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

J. Paul Brooks

Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for the Study of Biological Complexity, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Lauren M. Leftwich

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Nihar U. Sheth

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

Current address: DNAnexus Incorporated, Mountain View, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Steven P. Bradley

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Myrna G. Serrano

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Jennifer M. Fettweis

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Bernice Huang

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Jerome F. Strauss III

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Gregory A. Buck

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Kimberly K. Jefferson

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

kimberly.jefferson@vcuhealth.org

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.