About the Authors

Crystal W. Burke

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

Olga Bridges

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

Sherri Brown

Affiliation The Animal Resource Center, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Richard Rahija

Affiliation The Animal Resource Center, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Charles J. Russell

charles.russell@stjude.org

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CWB CJR. Performed the experiments: CWB OB. Analyzed the data: CWB CJR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CJR SB RR. Wrote the paper: CWB CJR.