About the Authors

Preeti Bharaj

Contributed equally to this work with: Preeti Bharaj, Yao E. Wang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Gavelston, Texas, United States of America

Yao E. Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Preeti Bharaj, Yao E. Wang

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

Tatyana E. Yun

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

Arnold Park

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

Benjamin Yen

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

Christopher F. Basler

Current address: Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303.

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

Alexander N. Freiberg

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

Benhur Lee

benhur.lee@mssm.edu (BL); rirajsba@utmb.edu (RR)

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

Ricardo Rajsbaum

benhur.lee@mssm.edu (BL); rirajsba@utmb.edu (RR)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Gavelston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: PB YEW CFB ANF BL RR. Formal analysis: PB YEW BED TEY AP BY CFB ANF BL RR. Funding acquisition: ANF BL RR. Investigation: PB YEW BED TEY AP BY RR. Methodology: PB YEW CFB ANF BL RR. Project administration: BL RR. Resources: CFB ANF BL RR. Supervision: CFB ANF BL RR. Validation: PB YEW BED TEY AP BY RR. Visualization: PB YEW BED TEY AP BY RR. Writing – original draft: PB ANF BL RR. Writing – review & editing: PB YEW BED TEY AP BY CFB ANF BL RR.