About the Authors

Kathryn M. Ramsey

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Melisa L. Osborne

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Irina O. Vvedenskaya

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Waksman Institute, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

Cathy Su

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Bryce E. Nickels

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Waksman Institute, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

Simon L. Dove

simon.dove@childrens.harvard.edu

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KMR MLO BEN SLD. Performed the experiments: KMR MLO IOV CS. Analyzed the data: KMR MLO IOV BEN SLD. Wrote the paper: KMR SLD.