About the Authors

Mark J. Lee

Current Address: Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Hong Liu

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, LA Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor—UCLA, Torrance, California, United States of America

Bridget M. Barker

Current Address: Center for Fungal Pathogens, TGen-North, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America,

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Brendan D. Snarr

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Fabrice N. Gravelat

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Qusai Al Abdallah

Current Address: Department Of Microbiology & Immunology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Christina Gavino

Affiliation Infectious Disease Susceptibility Program, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Shane R. Baistrocchi

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Hanna Ostapska

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Tianli Xiao

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Benjamin Ralph

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Norma V. Solis

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, LA Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor—UCLA, Torrance, California, United States of America

Mélanie Lehoux

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Stefanie D. Baptista

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Arsa Thammahong

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover

Robert P. Cerone

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Susan G. W. Kaminskyj

Affiliation Department of Biology University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Marie-Christine Guiot

Affiliation Department of Pathology Montreal Neurological Hospital Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Jean-Paul Latgé

Affiliation Aspergillus Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Thierry Fontaine

Affiliation Aspergillus Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Donald C. Vinh

Affiliation Infectious Disease Susceptibility Program, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Scott G. Filler

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, LA Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor—UCLA, Torrance, California, United States of America, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Donald C. Sheppard

don.sheppard@mcgill.ca

Affiliations Department of Microbiology & Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJL QAA MCG SGF DCS. Performed the experiments: MJL HL BMB BDS FNG QAA CG SRB HO TX BR NVS ML SDB AT RPC SB TF. Analyzed the data: MJL HL BMB BDS FNG QAA SRB HO TX ML SDB TF DCV SGF DCS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SGWK JPL DCV SGF DCS. Wrote the paper: MJL DCS.