About the Authors

Matthew A. Crawford

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Marie D. Burdick

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Ian J. Glomski

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Anne E. Boyer

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

John R. Barr

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Borna Mehrad

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Robert M. Strieter

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Molly A. Hughes

mah3x@virginia.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAC MDB AEB JRB BM RMS MAH. Performed the experiments: MAC MDB IJG AEB JRB MAH. Analyzed the data: MAC MDB AEB BM RMS MAH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IJG AEB JRB BM RMS MAH. Wrote the paper: MAC MAH.