About the Authors

Sukhvir Paul Mahal

Affiliation Department of Infectology, Scripps Florida, Jupiter, Florida, United States of America

Joseph Jablonski

Affiliation Department of Infectology, Scripps Florida, Jupiter, Florida, United States of America

Irena Suponitsky-Kroyter

Current address: Opko Pharmaceuticals, Jupiter, Florida, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Infectology, Scripps Florida, Jupiter, Florida, United States of America

Anja Maria Oelschlegel

Affiliation Department of Infectology, Scripps Florida, Jupiter, Florida, United States of America

Maria Eugenia Herva

Current address: The Center for Brain Repair, Forvie Site, Cambridge, England

Affiliation Department of Infectology, Scripps Florida, Jupiter, Florida, United States of America

Michael Oldstone

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Charles Weissmann

charlesw@scripps.edu

Affiliation Department of Infectology, Scripps Florida, Jupiter, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SPM CW. Performed the experiments: SPM JJ ISK MEH AMO. Analyzed the data: JJ ISK MEH AMO SPM CW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MO. Wrote the paper: SPM CW.