About the Authors

Haijun Xu

Affiliations Institute of Insect Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Melissa J. Caimano

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Tao Lin

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Ming He

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Justin D. Radolf

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Steven J. Norris

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Frank Gheradini

Affiliation National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Alan J. Wolfe

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

X. Frank Yang

xfyang@iupui.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XFY. Performed the experiments: HX MJC TL MH. Analyzed the data: JDR SJN FG AJW XFY. Wrote the paper: HX MJC TL JDR SJN FG AJW XFY.