About the Authors

Eric M. Burton

Contributed equally to this work with: Eric M. Burton, Ibukun A. Akinyemi

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

Current address: Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard University, MA, United States of America

Affiliation Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Ibukun A. Akinyemi

Contributed equally to this work with: Eric M. Burton, Ibukun A. Akinyemi

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

Affiliation Child Health Research Institute, Dept. of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Tiffany R. Frey

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Child Health Research Institute, Dept. of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Huanzhou Xu

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease, Dept. of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Xiaofan Li

Roles Investigation

Current address: HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch, NCI, NIH, MD, United States of America

Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease, Dept. of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Lai Jing Su

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Child Health Research Institute, Dept. of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Jizu Zhi

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Dept of Pathology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Michael T. McIntosh

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

mmcintosh@peds.ufl.edu (MTM); sbhadurimcintosh@ufl.edu (SB-M)

Affiliation Child Health Research Institute, Depts. of Pediatrics and of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Sumita Bhaduri-McIntosh

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

mmcintosh@peds.ufl.edu (MTM); sbhadurimcintosh@ufl.edu (SB-M)

Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease, Depts. of Pediatrics and of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.