About the Authors

Kristen E. Rennoll-Bankert

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

M. Sayeedur Rahman

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Joseph J. Gillespie

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Mark L. Guillotte

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Simran J. Kaur

Current address: Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Stephanie S. Lehman

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Magda Beier-Sexton

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Abdu F. Azad

aazad@som.umaryland.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KERB MSR JJG AFA. Performed the experiments: KERB MSR JJG MLG SJK SSL. Analyzed the data: KERB MSR JJG SJK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MBS AFA. Wrote the paper: KERB MSR JJG MBS AFA.