About the Authors

John M. Arthur

Contributed equally to this work with: John M. Arthur, J. Craig Forrest, Karl W. Boehme, Terry O. Harville

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

jmarthur@uams.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, AR, United States of America

J. Craig Forrest

Contributed equally to this work with: John M. Arthur, J. Craig Forrest, Karl W. Boehme, Terry O. Harville

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America, Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Inflammatory Responses, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America, Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America

Karl W. Boehme

Contributed equally to this work with: John M. Arthur, J. Craig Forrest, Karl W. Boehme, Terry O. Harville

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America, Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Inflammatory Responses, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America, Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America

Joshua L. Kennedy

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Inflammatory Responses, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America

Shana Owens

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America

Christian Herzog

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America

Juan Liu

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Services, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America

Terry O. Harville

Contributed equally to this work with: John M. Arthur, J. Craig Forrest, Karl W. Boehme, Terry O. Harville

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Services, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.