About the Authors

Brian H. Kvitko

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Rocky Mountain Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Andrew Goodyear

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Rocky Mountain Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Katie L. Propst

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Rocky Mountain Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Steven W. Dow

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Rocky Mountain Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Herbert P. Schweizer

Herbert.Schweizer@colostate.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Rocky Mountain Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, 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: BHK AG KLP HPS. Performed the experiments: BHK AG KLP. Analyzed the data: BHK AG KLP SWD HPS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BHK AG KLP. Wrote the paper: BHK HPS.