About the Authors

Sarah A. Reid-Yu

Affiliations Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Brian R. Tuinema

Affiliations Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Cherrie N. Small

Affiliations Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Lydia Xing

Affiliations Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Brian K. Coombes

coombes@mcmaster.ca

Affiliations Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SARY BRT CNS BKC. Performed the experiments: SARY BRT CNS LX. Analyzed the data: SARY BRT CNS LX BKC. Wrote the paper: SARY BKC.