About the Authors

Veronika I. Zarnitsyna

vizarni@emory.edu (VIZ); rantia@emory.edu (RAn)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jennie Lavine

Affiliation Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Ali Ellebedy

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Emory Vaccine Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Rafi Ahmed

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Emory Vaccine Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Rustom Antia

vizarni@emory.edu (VIZ); rantia@emory.edu (RAn)

Affiliation Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VIZ RAn AE RAh. Performed the experiments: VIZ AE. Analyzed the data: VIZ JL AE RAh RAn. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VIZ. Wrote the paper: VIZ JL RAn. R code for models and data analysis: VIZ.