About the Authors

Joseph A. Fraietta

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Immunology and Vaccine Science, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Yvonne M. Mueller

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Immunology and Vaccine Science, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Guibin Yang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Immunology and Vaccine Science, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Alina C. Boesteanu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Immunology and Vaccine Science, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Donald T. Gracias

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Immunology and Vaccine Science, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Duc H. Do

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Immunology and Vaccine Science, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jennifer L. Hope

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Immunology and Vaccine Science, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Noshin Kathuria

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Immunology and Vaccine Science, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Shannon E. McGettigan

Affiliation Translational Research Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Mark G. Lewis

Affiliation BIOQUAL, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Luis D. Giavedoni

Affiliation Departments of Virology and Immunology, Southwest National Primate Research Center, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Jeffrey M. Jacobson

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Peter D. Katsikis

peter.katsikis@drexelmed.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Immunology and Vaccine Science, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAF YMM JMJ PDK. Performed the experiments: JAF YMM GY ACB DTG DHD JLH NK SEM MGL LDG . Analyzed the data: JAF YMM. Wrote the paper: JAF YMM JMJ PDK.