About the Authors

Timothy M. Hill

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Pavlo Gilchuk

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Veterans Administration Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Basak B. Cicek

Affiliation Department of Immunology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Maria A. Osina

Affiliation Department of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Kelli L. Boyd

Affiliation Veterans Administration Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Douglas M. Durrant

Current address: Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Affiliation Center for Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Dennis W. Metzger

Affiliation Center for Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Kamal M. Khanna

Affiliation Department of Immunology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Sebastian Joyce

sebastian.joyce@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Veterans Administration Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

All authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TMH PG BBC DMD KLB DWM KMK SJ. Performed the experiments: TMH PG BBC DMD KLB. Analyzed the data: TMH PG BBC MAO DMD KLB DWM KMK SJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TMH PG BBC MAO DMD KLB DWM KMK SJ. Wrote the paper: TMH BBC MAO SJ.