About the Authors

Krystle L. Reagan

Affiliation Arthropod-borne and Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Department of Microbiology Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Carlos Machain-Williams

Current address: Centro de Investigaciones Regionales “Dr. Hideyo Noguchi”, Laboratorio de Arbovirología, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, México

Affiliation Arthropod-borne and Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Department of Microbiology Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Tian Wang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Carol D. Blair

carol.blair@colostate.edu

Affiliation Arthropod-borne and Infectious Diseases Laboratory, 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: KLR CM-W TW CDB. Performed the experiments: KLR CM-W. Analyzed the data: KLR TW CDB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KLR TW CDB. Wrote the paper: KLR TW CDB.