About the Authors

Massamba Sylla

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Christopher Bosio

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Ludmel Urdaneta-Marquez

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Mady Ndiaye

Affiliation Departement de Biologie Animale, Faculte des Sciences et Techniques, Universite Cheikh Anta DIOP de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal

William C. Black IV

wcb4@lamar.colostate.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS CB MN WCB. Performed the experiments: MS CB LUM. Analyzed the data: CB LUM WCB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WCB. Wrote the paper: CB LUM WCB.