About the Authors

Pauline Sebby Ogolla

Contributed equally to this work with: Pauline Sebby Ogolla, Jose-Andres C. Portillo

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Jose-Andres C. Portillo

Contributed equally to this work with: Pauline Sebby Ogolla, Jose-Andres C. Portillo

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Christine L. White

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Krupen Patel

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Bruce Lamb

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Ganes C. Sen

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Carlos S. Subauste

carlos.subauste@case.edu

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CSS JACP. Performed the experiments: PSO JACP CSS CLW KP. Analyzed the data: PSO JACP CSS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GCS BL. Wrote the paper: CSS PSO.