About the Authors

Aseem Pandey

apandey@cvm.tamu.edu (AP); pjdefigueiredo@tamu.edu (PdF)

Affiliations Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Norman Borlaug Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Ana Cabello

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Lavoisier Akoolo

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Allison Rice-Ficht

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, United States of America

Angela Arenas-Gamboa

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

David McMurray

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, United States of America

Thomas A. Ficht

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Paul de Figueiredo

apandey@cvm.tamu.edu (AP); pjdefigueiredo@tamu.edu (PdF)

Affiliations Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Norman Borlaug Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.