About the Authors

Subha Philip

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Muhammad Atif Zahoor

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Huijun Zhi

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Yik-Khuan Ho

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Chou-Zen Giam

chou-zen.giam@usuhs.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CZG SP. Performed the experiments: SP MAZ HZ YKH. Analyzed the data: CZG SP MAZ HZ YKH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HZ YKH. Wrote the paper: CZG SP.