About the Authors

Huafeng Wang

Affiliation Departments of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Mengyi Li

Affiliation Departments of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Chiung Yu Hung

Affiliation Department of Biology and South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Meenal Sinha

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Linda M. Lee

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Darin L. Wiesner

Affiliation Departments of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Vanessa LeBert

Affiliation Departments of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Tassanee Lerksuthirat

Affiliation Departments of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Kevin Galles

Affiliation Departments of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Marulasiddappa Suresh

Affiliation Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Anthony L. DeFranco

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Clifford A. Lowell

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Bruce S. Klein

Affiliations Departments of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Internal Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Marcel Wüthrich

mwuethri@wisc.edu

Affiliation Departments of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MW HW CYH DLW MSu ALD CAL BSK. Performed the experiments: HW ML CYH MSi LML DLW VL TL KG MW. Analyzed the data: HW ML CYH MSi LML DLW VL TL KG MS MW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CYH LML MSu ALD CAL. Wrote the paper: MW HW BSK.