About the Authors

Keer Sun

Keer.sun@unmc.edu

Affiliations Center for Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Sharon Salmon

Affiliation Center for Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Vijaya Kumar Yajjala

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Christopher Bauer

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Dennis W. Metzger

Affiliation Center for Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KS DWM. Performed the experiments: KS VKY CB SS. Analyzed the data: KS. Wrote the paper: KS DWM.