About the Authors

Xupeng Hong

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

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Stephan Menne

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Jianming Hu

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

juh13@psu.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.