About the Authors

Stephen M. Carpenter

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

samuel.behar@umassmed.edu (SMB); steve.carpenter@umassmed.edu (SMC)

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America, Division of Infectious Disease and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States of America

Jason D. Yang

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jinhee Lee

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Palmira Barreira-Silva

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Samuel M. Behar

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

samuel.behar@umassmed.edu (SMB); steve.carpenter@umassmed.edu (SMC)

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.