About the Authors

Xiaoyong Bao

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Tianshuang Liu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Yichu Shan

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Kui Li

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Roberto P. Garofalo

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Antonella Casola

ancasola@utmb.edu

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XB RG AC. Performed the experiments: XB TL KL. Analyzed the data: XB YS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XB. Wrote the paper: XB.