About the Authors

Laurent Mereghetti

Affiliations Center for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, Department of Pathology, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Université François-Rabelais, Faculté de Médecine, EA3854 “Bactéries et risque materno-foetal”, et Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Tours, France

Izabela Sitkiewicz

Affiliation Center for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, Department of Pathology, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Nicole M. Green

Affiliation Center for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, Department of Pathology, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, Texas, United States of America

James M. Musser

jmmusser@tmhs.org

Affiliation Center for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, Department of Pathology, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LM IS NMG JMM. Performed the experiments: LM IS NMG. Analyzed the data: LM IS JMM. Wrote the paper: LM IS JMM.