About the Authors

Tanay M. Desai

Contributed equally to this work with: Tanay M. Desai, Mariana Marin

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Emory University Children's Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Mariana Marin

Contributed equally to this work with: Tanay M. Desai, Mariana Marin

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Emory University Children's Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Christopher R. Chin

Affiliation Microbiology and Physiological Systems (MaPS) Department, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

George Savidis

Affiliation Microbiology and Physiological Systems (MaPS) Department, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Abraham L. Brass

Affiliation Microbiology and Physiological Systems (MaPS) Department, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Gregory B. Melikyan

gmeliki@emory.edu

Affiliations Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Emory University Children's Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GBM ALB TMD MM. Performed the experiments: TMD MM CRC GS. Analyzed the data: TMD MM GBM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GS. Wrote the paper: GBM ALB TMD MM.