About the Authors

Mushtaq Mir

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jinkeng Asong

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Xiuru Li

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Jessica Cardot

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Geert-Jan Boons

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Robert N. Husson

robert.husson@childrens.harvard.edu

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MM JA G-JB RNH. Performed the experiments: MM JA XL JC. Analyzed the data: MM JA XL JC G-JB RNH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM RNH G-JB. Wrote the paper: MM JA G-JB RNH. Revision of manuscript: MM G-JB RNH.