About the Authors

Tyler W.R. Halverson

Affiliation University of Calgary, Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Mike Wilton

Affiliation University of Calgary, Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Karen K. H. Poon

Affiliation University of Calgary, Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Björn Petri

Affiliation University of Calgary, Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Shawn Lewenza

slewenza@ucalgary.ca

Affiliation University of Calgary, Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TWRH MW KKHP BP SL. Performed the experiments: TWRH MW KKHP BP. Analyzed the data: TWRH MW KKHP BP SL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TWRH KKHP BP SL. Wrote the paper: TWRH MH BP SL. Equal contribution: TWRH MW.