About the Authors

Douglas R. Wilcox

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Nitin R. Wadhwani

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Richard Longnecker

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

William J. Muller

wjmuller@northwestern.edu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DRW WJM RL. Performed the experiments: DRW WJM. Analyzed the data: DRW NRW RL WJM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DRW NRW RL WJM. Wrote the paper: DRW WJM RL.