About the Authors

Xi Chen

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

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago–Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Wei Ping Teoh

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago–Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Madison R. Stock

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago–Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Zachary J. Resko

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago–Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Francis Alonzo III

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

falonzo@luc.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago–Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.