About the Authors

Meghan E. Ramsey

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jenny A. Hyde

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, Bryan, Texas, United States of America

Diana N. Medina-Perez

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, Bryan, Texas, United States of America

Tao Lin

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Lihui Gao

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Maureen E. Lundt

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Xin Li

Affiliation Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Steven J. Norris

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Jon T. Skare

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, Bryan, Texas, United States of America

Linden T. Hu

Linden.Hu@tufts.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: MER JAH TL SJN JTS LTH. Data curation: MER. Formal analysis: MER. Funding acquisition: TL LTH. Investigation: MER JAH DNMP MEL. Methodology: MER JAH TL XL SJN JTS LTH. Project administration: JAH TL SJN JTS LTH. Supervision: JAH TL SJN JTS LTH. Validation: MER JAH DNMP TL LG MEL. Visualization: MER JAH DNMP JTS. Writing – original draft: MER. Writing – review & editing: MER JAH TL MEL XL SJN JTS LTH.