About the Authors

Edison Mejía

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Center for Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

James B Bliska

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Center for Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Gloria I Viboud

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: gviboud@ms.cc.sunysb.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Center for Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

EM, JBB, and GIV conceived and designed the experiments. EM and GIV performed the experiments. EM, JBB, and GIV analyzed the data. JBB contributed reagents, materials, and analysis tools. JBB and GIV wrote the paper.