About the Authors

Michael M. Opata

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, United States of America

Affiliation Departments of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America

Samad A. Ibitokou

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Departments of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America

Victor H. Carpio

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

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

Karis M. Marshall

Roles Data curation

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

Brian E. Dillon

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Departments of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America

Jordan C. Carl

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Departments of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America

Kyle D. Wilson

Roles Data curation

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

Christine M. Arcari

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine & Community Health, University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, TX, United States of America

Robin Stephens

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

rostephe@utmb.edu

Affiliations Departments of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist