About the Authors

Jennifer M. Scarff

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

Yuliya I. Seldina

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

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

James M. Vergis

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

Christy L. Ventura

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

Alison D. O’Brien

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

alison.obrien@usuhs.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.