About the Authors

Pamela C. Rosato

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

David A. Leib

david.a.leib@dartmouth.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

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