About the Authors

Katherine J. Kasper

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Centre for Human Immunology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Joseph J. Zeppa

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Centre for Human Immunology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Adrienne T. Wakabayashi

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Centre for Human Immunology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Stacey X. Xu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Centre for Human Immunology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Delfina M. Mazzuca

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Centre for Human Immunology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Ian Welch

Affiliation Department of Animal Care and Veterinary Services, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Miren L. Baroja

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Centre for Human Immunology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada

Malak Kotb

Affiliation Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States of America

Ewa Cairns

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Centre for Human Immunology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

P. Patrick Cleary

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

S. M. Mansour Haeryfar

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Centre for Human Immunology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada

John K. McCormick

john.mccormick@uwo.ca

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Centre for Human Immunology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KJK JJZ ATW SXX DMM IW MLB SMMH JKM. Performed the experiments: KJK JJZ AW SXX DM IW. Analyzed the data: KJK JJZ ATW DMM IW MLB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MK EC PPC SMMH. Wrote the paper: KJK JKM.