About the Authors

Steve Cornick

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

France Moreau

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Kris Chadee

kchadee@ucalgary.ca

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SC KC. Performed the experiments: SC FM. Analyzed the data: SC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SC FM. Wrote the paper: SC KC.