About the Authors

Wenming Zhao

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

¤ Current address: Department of Microbiology, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX USA

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Ayan Modak

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

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Susan R. Ross

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

srross@uic.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.