About the Authors

Gregory J. Fonseca

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Michael J. Cohen

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Anthony C. Nichols

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, Department of Oncology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

John W. Barrett

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Joe S. Mymryk

jmymryk@uwo.ca

Affiliations Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, Department of Oncology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, London Regional Cancer Program and Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GJF JSM. Performed the experiments: GJF. Analyzed the data: GJF JSM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GJF MJC ACN JWB JSM. Wrote the paper: GJF JSM.