About the Authors

Farah Z. Vera-Maloof

wcb4@lamar.colostate.edu

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

Karla Saavedra-Rodriguez

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

Armando E. Elizondo-Quiroga

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

Saul Lozano-Fuentes

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

William C. Black IV

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: FZVM KSR WCB. Performed the experiments: FZVM KSR AEEQ SLF. Analyzed the data: FZVM WCB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WCB. Wrote the paper: FZVM KSR WCB.