About the Authors

Lisa A. Lewis

lisa.lewis@umassmed.edu

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jutamas Ngampasutadol

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ruth Wallace

Affiliation Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

Jane E. A. Reid

Affiliation Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

Ulrich Vogel

Affiliation Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Sanjay Ram

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LAL SR. Performed the experiments: LAL JN RW JEAR SR. Analyzed the data: LAL UV SR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LAL UV SR. Wrote the paper: LAL SR. Approved submitted manuscript: JN RW JEAR UV. Aided in critical revisions of the manuscript for important intellectual content: UV.