About the Authors

Mohlopheni J. Marakalala

Contributed equally to this work with: Mohlopheni J. Marakalala, Simon Vautier

Current address: Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.

Affiliation Division of Immunology, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa

Simon Vautier

Contributed equally to this work with: Mohlopheni J. Marakalala, Simon Vautier

Affiliation Aberdeen Fungal Group, University of Aberdeen, Institute of Medical Sciences, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Joanna Potrykus

Affiliation Aberdeen Fungal Group, University of Aberdeen, Institute of Medical Sciences, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Louise A. Walker

Affiliation Aberdeen Fungal Group, University of Aberdeen, Institute of Medical Sciences, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Kelly M. Shepardson

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Alex Hopke

Affiliation Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States of America

Hector M. Mora-Montes

Current address: Departamento de Biología, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, México.

Affiliation Aberdeen Fungal Group, University of Aberdeen, Institute of Medical Sciences, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Ann Kerrigan

Affiliation Aberdeen Fungal Group, University of Aberdeen, Institute of Medical Sciences, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Mihai G. Netea

Affiliation Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation and Immunity (N4i), and University Medical Centre Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Graeme I. Murray

Affiliation Pathology, Division of Applied Medicine, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Donna M. MacCallum

Affiliation Aberdeen Fungal Group, University of Aberdeen, Institute of Medical Sciences, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Robert Wheeler

Affiliation Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States of America

Carol A. Munro

Affiliation Aberdeen Fungal Group, University of Aberdeen, Institute of Medical Sciences, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Neil A. R. Gow

Affiliation Aberdeen Fungal Group, University of Aberdeen, Institute of Medical Sciences, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Robert A. Cramer

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Alistair J. P. Brown

Affiliation Aberdeen Fungal Group, University of Aberdeen, Institute of Medical Sciences, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Gordon D. Brown

gordon.brown@abdn.ac.uk

Affiliations Division of Immunology, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa, Aberdeen Fungal Group, University of Aberdeen, Institute of Medical Sciences, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RW CAM NARG RAC AJPB GDB. Performed the experiments: MJM SV JP LAW KMS AH HMM AK MGN. Analyzed the data: MGN GIM DMM RW CAM NARG RAC AJPB GDB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GIM NARG AJPB. Wrote the paper: GDB.