About the Authors

Cory J. Knudson

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Stacey M. Hartwig

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

David K. Meyerholz

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Steven M. Varga

steven-varga@uiowa.edu

Affiliations Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CJK SMV. Performed the experiments: CJK SMH. Analyzed the data: CJK DKM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CJK SMV. Wrote the paper: CJK.