About the Authors

Stephen M. Carpenter

steve.carpenter@umassmed.edu (SMC); samuel.behar@umassmed.edu (SMB)

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Infectious Disease and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Cláudio Nunes-Alves

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America, Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, ICVS/3B’s—PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal

Matthew G. Booty

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America, Program in Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sing Sing Way

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Samuel M. Behar

steve.carpenter@umassmed.edu (SMC); samuel.behar@umassmed.edu (SMB)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMC CNA MGB SMB. Performed the experiments: SMC CNA MGB. Analyzed the data: SMC SMB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SSW. Wrote the paper: SMC CNA MGB SSW SMB.