About the Authors

Todd Wuest

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Min Zheng

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Stacey Efstathiou

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

William P. Halford

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois, United States of America

Daniel J. J. Carr

Dan-Carr@ouhsc.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TW DJJC. Performed the experiments: TW MZ. Analyzed the data: TW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SE WPH. Wrote the paper: TW DJJC.