About the Authors

Xianxiu Wan

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, Texas

Jian-jun Wen

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, Texas

Sue-Jie Koo

Affiliation Department of Pathology, UTMB, Galveston, Texas

Lisa Yi Liang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, Texas

Nisha Jain Garg

nigarg@utmb.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, Texas, Department of Pathology, UTMB, Galveston, Texas, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, UTMB, Galveston, Texas

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: NJG XW. Data curation: XW NJG. Formal analysis: SK JJW XW. Funding acquisition: NJG SK XW. Methodology: XW JJW. Project administration: JW XW NJG. Resources: NJG. Supervision: XW NJG. Validation: XW NJG. Visualization: XW NJG LYL. Writing – original draft: XW NJG. Writing – review & editing: XW NJG LYL.