About the Authors

Yoichi Furuya

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

Andrea K. M. Furuya

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

Sean Roberts

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

Alan M. Sanfilippo

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

Sharon L. Salmon

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

Dennis W. Metzger

metzged@mail.amc.edu

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YF DWM. Performed the experiments: YF AKMF SR AMS, SLS. Analyzed the data: YF DWM. Wrote the paper: YF DWM AKMF SR AMS.