About the Authors

Nicole M. Gilbert

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Reproductive Health Sciences, Center for Women’s Infectious Disease Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Amanda L. Lewis

allewis@wustl.edu

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Reproductive Health Sciences, Center for Women’s Infectious Disease Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Molecular Microbiology, Center for Women’s Infectious Disease Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist