About the Authors

Shivali Gupta

shgupta@utmb.edu (SG); nigarg@utmb.edu (NJG)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Nisha J. Garg

shgupta@utmb.edu (SG); nigarg@utmb.edu (NJG)

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity and the Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NJG SG. Performed the experiments: NJG SG. Analyzed the data: NJG SG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NJG. Wrote the paper: NJG SG.