About the Authors

Ioannis Gryllos

ioannis.gryllos@childrens.harvard.edu

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Renata Grifantini

Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy

Annalisa Colaprico

Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy

Max E. Cary

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Comparative Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Anders Hakansson

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

David W. Carey

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Comparative Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Maria Suarez-Chavez

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Comparative Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Leslie A. Kalish

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Clinical Research Program, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Paul D. Mitchell

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Clinical Research Program, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Gary L. White

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Comparative Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Michael R. Wessels

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IG AH DWC MRW. Performed the experiments: IG RG AC MEC DWC MSC. Analyzed the data: IG RG AC LAK PDM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RG MEC AH GW MRW. Wrote the paper: IG.