About the Authors

Renee M. Laird

Current address: Naval Medical Research Center, Enteric Diseases Department, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Benjamin J. Wolf

Current address: Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Michael F. Princiotta

Contributed equally to this work with: Michael F. Princiotta, Sandra M. Hayes

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Sandra M. Hayes

Contributed equally to this work with: Michael F. Princiotta, Sandra M. Hayes

HayesSa@upstate.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RML BJW MFP SMH. Performed the experiments: RML BJW MFP SMH. Analyzed the data: RML BJW MFP SMH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BJW MFP. Wrote the paper: RML BJW MFP SMH.