About the Authors

Diane G. Edmondson

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Diane.G.Edmondson@uth.tmc.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Bridget D. De Lay

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Blake M. Hanson

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics & Environmental Sciences, Center for Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Lindsay E. Kowis

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Houston Methodist Research Institute, Infectious Disease, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Steven J. Norris

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.