About the Authors

Rose L. Szabady

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Mary A. Lokuta

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Kevin B. Walters

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Anna Huttenlocher

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Rodney A. Welch

rawelch@wisc.edu

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RLS MAL. Performed the experiments: RLS KBW. Analyzed the data: RLS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAL KBW AH. Wrote the paper: RLS. Supervised the research: RAW.