About the Authors

Kim S. LeMessurier

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Hans Häcker

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Liying Chi

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Elaine Tuomanen

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Vanessa Redecke

vanessa.redecke@stjude.org

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KSL HH VR. Performed the experiments: KSL LC. Analyzed the data: KSL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ET. Wrote the paper: KSL HH VR.