About the Authors

Courtney E. Meilleur

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Arash Memarnejadian

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Adil N. Shivji

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Jenna M. Benoit

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Stephen W. Tuffs

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Tina S. Mele

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

Affiliations Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Bhagirath Singh

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada, Centre for Human Immunology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Jimmy D. Dikeakos

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

David J. Topham

Roles Resources

Affiliation David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Hong-Hua Mu

Roles Conceptualization, Resources

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Jack R. Bennink

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Viral Immunology Section, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

John K. McCormick

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

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada, Centre for Human Immunology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

S. M. Mansour Haeryfar

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

Mansour.Haeryfar@schulich.uwo.ca

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada, Centre for Human Immunology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, Division of Clinical Immunology & Allergy, Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.