About the Authors

Thomas J. Hannan

Affiliations Department of Molecular Microbiology and Center for Women's Infectious Disease Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Indira U. Mysorekar

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Chia S. Hung

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Center for Women's Infectious Disease Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Megan L. Isaacson-Schmid

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Scott J. Hultgren

hultgren@borcim.wustl.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Center for Women's Infectious Disease Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TJH IUM SJH. Performed the experiments: TJH IUM CSH MLIS. Analyzed the data: TJH SJH. Wrote the paper: TJH SJH.