About the Authors

Laurel A. Lawrence

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Mark Elliott Williams

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Paola Vidal

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Richa S. Varughese

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Zheng-Rong Tiger Li

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Thien Duy Chen

Roles Investigation, Validation

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Melissa A. Roy

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation

Affiliation Division of Pathology Emory National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Steven C. Tuske

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Anice C. Lowen

Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Christopher D. Scharer

Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

William M. Shafer

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Laboratories of Bacterial Pathogenesis, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

Alison Swaims-Kohlmeier

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

askohlm@emory.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of GYNOB, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Division of HIV Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.