About the Authors

Melanie J. Harriff

Contributed equally to this work with: Melanie J. Harriff, Elham Karamooz

harriffm@ohsu.edu (MJH); lewinsod@ohsu.edu (DML)

Affiliations Portland VA Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, United States of America, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Elham Karamooz

Contributed equally to this work with: Melanie J. Harriff, Elham Karamooz

Affiliations Portland VA Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, United States of America, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Ansen Burr

Affiliation Portland VA Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Wilmon F. Grant

Affiliation Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Elizabeth T. Canfield

Affiliation Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Michelle L. Sorensen

Affiliation Portland VA Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Luis F. Moita

Affiliation Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal

David M. Lewinsohn

harriffm@ohsu.edu (MJH); lewinsod@ohsu.edu (DML)

Affiliations Portland VA Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, United States of America, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJH EK LFM DML. Performed the experiments: MJH EK AB ETC MLS. Analyzed the data: MJH EK DML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJH EK WFG LFM DML. Wrote the paper: MH EK DML.