About the Authors

Scott J. Garforth

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Michael A. Parniak

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Vinayaka R. Prasad

prasad@aecom.yu.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VP SG. Performed the experiments: SG. Analyzed the data: VP SG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SG MP. Wrote the paper: VP SG.