About the Authors

Sivakumar Periasamy

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Hongnga T. Le

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Ellen B. Duffy

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Heather Chin

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Jonathan A. Harton

hartonj@mail.amc.edu

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: SP JAH. Data curation: SP HTL EBD HC. Formal analysis: SP HTL. Funding acquisition: JAH. Investigation: SP HTL EBD. Methodology: SP. Project administration: SP JAH. Resources: JAH. Supervision: JAH. Validation: SP JAH. Visualization: SP JAH. Writing – original draft: SP. Writing – review & editing: SP JAH.