About the Authors

Julia F. Pielage

Affiliations Program in Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Defense, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Kimberly R. Powell

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Daniel Kalman

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Joanne N. Engel

joanne.engel@ucsf.edu

Affiliations Program in Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Defense, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JP JE. Performed the experiments: JP. Analyzed the data: JP JE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KP DK. Wrote the paper: JP JE.