About the Authors

Mohammad F. Saeed

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Western Regional Center of Excellence in Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Andrey A. Kolokoltsov

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Alexander N. Freiberg

Affiliations Western Regional Center of Excellence in Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Michael R. Holbrook

Affiliations Western Regional Center of Excellence in Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Institute of Human Infection and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Robert A. Davey

radavey@utmb.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Western Regional Center of Excellence in Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Institute of Human Infection and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MFS RAD. Performed the experiments: MFS AAK ANF. Analyzed the data: MFS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AAK ANF MRH. Wrote the paper: MFS RAD.