About the Authors

Matthew T. Aliota

Affiliation Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Jeremy F. Fuchs

Affiliation Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Thomas A. Rocheleau

Affiliation Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Amanda K. Clark

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences and Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Julián F. Hillyer

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences and Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Cheng-Chen Chen

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan Authority

Bruce M. Christensen

christensen@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MTA JFH CCC BMC. Performed the experiments: MTA JFF TAR AKC JFH. Analyzed the data: MTA JFF AKC JFH CCC BMC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JFH BMC. Wrote the paper: MTA JFH BMC.