About the Authors

Thomas Hart

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

Affiliations Department of Biological Science, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, New York, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Wadsworth Center New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, United States of America

Ngoc Thien Thu Nguyen

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

Nancy A. Nowak

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Fuming Zhang

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America

Robert J. Linhardt

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America, Departments of Biology and Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America

Maria Diuk-Wasser

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Sanjay Ram

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Peter Kraiczy

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

Yi-Pin Lin

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Yi-Pin.Lin@health.ny.gov

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Wadsworth Center New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Science, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared no competing interests exist.