About the Authors

Ramiro Diz

Contributed equally to this work with: Ramiro Diz, Alaina Garland

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Alaina Garland

Contributed equally to this work with: Ramiro Diz, Alaina Garland

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Benjamin G. Vincent

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Mark C. Johnson

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Nicholas Spidale

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Bo Wang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Roland Tisch

rmtisch@med.unc.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RD AG BGV BW RT. Performed the experiments: RD AG. Analyzed the data: RD AG BGV MCJ NS BW RT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BGV. Wrote the paper: RD AG BGV BW RT.