About the Authors

Su-Yu Tsai

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Jesus A. Segovia

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Te-Hung Chang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Ian R. Morris

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Michael T. Berton

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Philippe A. Tessier

Affiliation Axe Maladies Infectieuses et Immunitaires, Centre de Recherche du CHU de Québec, and Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada

Mélanie R. Tardif

Affiliation Axe Maladies Infectieuses et Immunitaires, Centre de Recherche du CHU de Québec, and Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada

Annabelle Cesaro

Affiliation Axe Maladies Infectieuses et Immunitaires, Centre de Recherche du CHU de Québec, and Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada

Santanu Bose

bose@uthscsa.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB SYT JAS. Performed the experiments: SYT JAS THC IRM. Analyzed the data: SB SYT JAS THC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MTB PAT MRT AC. Wrote the paper: SB SYT.