About the Authors

Bruno B. Chomel

bbchomel@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Audrey C. McMillan-Cole

Affiliation Public Health Command Region-Pacific, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Rickie W. Kasten

Affiliation Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Matthew J. Stuckey

Affiliation Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Shingo Sato

Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health, Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Japan

Soichi Maruyama

Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health, Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Japan

Pedro P. V. P. Diniz

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California, United States of America

Edward B. Breitschwerdt

Affiliation Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory, Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BBC ACMC. Performed the experiments: BBC ACMC RWK. Analyzed the data: BBC ACMC MJS SS SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RWK SS SM PPVPD EBB. Wrote the paper: BBC ACMC. Contributed to writing of article: MJS SS SM PPVPD EBB.