About the Authors

Arnold Park

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America

Tatyana Yun

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Frederic Vigant

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America

Olivier Pernet

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Sohui T. Won

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America

Brian E. Dawes

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Wojciech Bartkowski

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Alexander N. Freiberg

Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Benhur Lee

Benhur.Lee@mssm.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AP STW ANF BL. Performed the experiments: AP TY FV OP STW BED WB. Analyzed the data: AP STW FV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AP. Wrote the paper: AP TY FV OP STW BED WB ANF BL.