About the Authors

Carlos G. Baptista

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo School of Medicine, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Sarah Hosking

Roles Investigation

Current Address: Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo School of Medicine, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Elisabet Gas-Pascual

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Center for Tropical & Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia United States of America

Loic Ciampossine

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cell, and Systems Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Steven Abel

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cell, and Systems Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Mohamed-Ali Hakimi

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Host-Pathogen Interactions and Immunity to Infection, Institute for Advanced Biosciences (IAB), INSERM U1209, CNRS UMR 5309, Grenoble Alpes University, Grenoble, France

Victoria Jeffers

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, United States of America

Karine Le Roch

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cell, and Systems Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Christopher M. West

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

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Center for Tropical & Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia United States of America

Ira J. Blader

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft

iblader@buffalo.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo School of Medicine, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.