About the Authors

Michael L. Vetter

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Megan E. Johnson

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Amanda K. Antons

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Derya Unutmaz

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America

Richard T. D'Aquila

Richard.Daquila@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MLV RTD. Performed the experiments: MLV MEJ AKA. Analyzed the data: MLV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MLV DU. Wrote the paper: MLV. Advised on design of experiments: DU.