About the Authors

Mohsin Khan

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Gulam Hussain Syed

Current Address: Institute of Life Sciences, NALCO Square, Bhubaneswar, Odhisa, India

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Seong-Jun Kim

Current Address: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Daejeon, Korea

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Aleem Siddiqui

asiddiqui@ucsd.edu

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MK AS. Performed the experiments: MK GHS SJK. Analyzed the data: MK GHS AS. Wrote the paper: MK GHS AS.