About the Authors

Cedric Absalon

Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Katrina Van Dellen

Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Paula I. Watnick

paula.watnick@childrens.harvard.edu

Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CA KV PIW. Performed the experiments: CA KV. Analyzed the data: CA KV PIW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CA KV PIW. Wrote the paper: CA KV PIW.