About the Authors

Yutein Chung

Contributed equally to this work with: Yutein Chung, Nan Zhang

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Nan Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Yutein Chung, Nan Zhang

Current address: Departments of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

R. Mark Wooten

r.mark.wooten@utoledo.edu

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YC NZ RMW. Performed the experiments: YC NZ. Analyzed the data: YC NZ RMW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RMW. Wrote the manuscript: YC NZ RMW.