About the Authors

Hannah Priyadarshini Gideon

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

JiaYao Phuah

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Amy J. Myers

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Bryan D. Bryson

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Disease, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Mark A. Rodgers

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

M. Teresa Coleman

Affiliation Department of Radiology, PET Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Pauline Maiello

Affiliation Department of Radiology, PET Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Tara Rutledge

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Simeone Marino

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Sarah M. Fortune

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Disease, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Denise E. Kirschner

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Philana Ling Lin

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

JoAnne L. Flynn

joanne@pitt.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HPG PLL JLF. Performed the experiments: HPG JYP AJM MAR TR. Analyzed the data: HPG BDB PM SM JLF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JLF PLL DEK SM SF. Wrote the paper: HPG JLF. Analysis of PET-CT images: MTC PM.