About the Authors

Andrea Kinga Marias Furuya

Affiliation Center for Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Hamayun J. Sharifi

Affiliation Center for Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Robert M. Jellinger

Affiliation Division of HIV Medicine, Albany Medical Center, Albany, New York, United States of America

Paul Cristofano

Affiliation Albany Medical College, Albany Medical Center, Albany, New York, United States of America

Binshan Shi

Affiliation Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Albany, New York, United States of America

Carlos M. C. de Noronha

deNoroC@mail.amc.edu

Affiliation Center for Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AKMF HJS BS CMCdN. Performed the experiments: AKMF HJS RMJ PC BS CMCdN. Analyzed the data: AKMF HJS RMJ PC BS CMCdN. Wrote the paper: AKMF CMCdN.