About the Authors

David Ermert

Affiliations Division of Medical Protein Chemistry, Department of Translational Medicine, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jutamas Shaughnessy

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Thorsten Joeris

Affiliations Section of Immunology and Vaccinology, National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Frederiksberg C, Denmark, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Immunology section, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Jakub Kaplan

Affiliation Division of Medical Protein Chemistry, Department of Translational Medicine, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden

Catherine J. Pang

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Evelyn A. Kurt-Jones

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Peter A. Rice

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sanjay Ram

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Anna M. Blom

anna.blom@med.lu.se

Affiliation Division of Medical Protein Chemistry, Department of Translational Medicine, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DE PAR SR AMB TJ EAKJ. Performed the experiments: DE JS JK CJP. Analyzed the data: DE JS JK PAR SR AMB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PAR SR AMB. Wrote the paper: DE PAR SR AMB.