About the Authors

Carolina R. Melo-Silva

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

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Pedro Alves-Peixoto

Roles Investigation

Current address: Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Natasha Heath

Roles Investigation

Current address: GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Lingjuan Tang

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Brian Montoya

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Cory J. Knudson

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Colby Stotesbury

Roles Investigation

Current address: GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Maria Ferez

Roles Investigation

Current address: Spark Therapeutics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Eric Wong

Roles Investigation

Current address: GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Luis J. Sigal

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Luis.Sigal@jefferson.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

No. The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.