About the Authors

Xiaowei Wang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Dana K. Shaw

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Holly L. Hammond

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Fayyaz S. Sutterwala

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Manira Rayamajhi

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Kari Ann Shirey

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Darren J. Perkins

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Joseph V. Bonventre

Affiliation Renal Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Thangam S. Velayutham

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

Sean M. Evans

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Kyle G. Rodino

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Lauren VieBrock

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Karen M. Scanlon

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Nicholas H. Carbonetti

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Jason A. Carlyon

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Edward A. Miao

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Jere W. McBride

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

Michail Kotsyfakis

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, Budweis, Czech Republic

Joao H. F. Pedra

jpedra@som.umaryland.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JHFP XW. Performed the experiments: XW DKS HLH MR TSV LV SME KGR KMS. Analyzed the data: JHFP XW DKS MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FSS NHC JAC KAS DJP JWM EAM JVB MK. Wrote the paper: JHFP XW.