About the Authors

Ogan K. Kumova

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

Affiliation Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

Adam J. Fike

Roles Investigation

Current address: Microbiology and Immunology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States of America

Affiliation Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

Jillian L. Thayer

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

Linda T. Nguyen

Roles Investigation

Current address: Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA, United States of America

Affiliation Pediatrics, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

Joshua Chang Mell

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

Judy Pascasio

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Pathology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

Christopher Stairiker

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America, Immunology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Leticia G. Leon

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Immunology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Peter D. Katsikis

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration, Resources

Affiliation Immunology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Alison J. Carey

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

ajc327@drexel.edu

Affiliations Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America, Pediatrics, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.