About the Authors

Gopi S. Mohan

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Wenfang Li

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Parasitology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

Ling Ye

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Richard W. Compans

rcompan@emory.edu (RWC); chyang@emory.edu (CY)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Chinglai Yang

rcompan@emory.edu (RWC); chyang@emory.edu (CY)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CY LY RWC. Performed the experiments: GSM WL. Analyzed the data: GSM LY CY RWC. Wrote the paper: GSM CY RWC.