About the Authors

Michael G. Connor

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Center for Predictive Medicine for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Amanda R. Pulsifer

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Center for Predictive Medicine for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Christopher T. Price

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Center for Predictive Medicine for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Yousef Abu Kwaik

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Center for Predictive Medicine for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Matthew B. Lawrenz

matt.lawrenz@louisville.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Center for Predictive Medicine for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MGC ARP MBL. Performed the experiments: MGC ARP CTP. Analyzed the data: MGC ARP CTP YAK MBL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YAK. Wrote the paper: MGC ARP MBL.