About the Authors

Brad A. Goupil

bgoupi1@lsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathobiological Sciences, Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, Skip Bertman Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Margaret A. McNulty

Affiliation Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, Skip Bertman Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Matthew J. Martin

Affiliation Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, Skip Bertman Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Michael K. McCracken

Current address: Viral Diseases Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Pathobiological Sciences, Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, Skip Bertman Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Rebecca C. Christofferson

Affiliation Department of Pathobiological Sciences, Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, Skip Bertman Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Christopher N. Mores

Affiliation Department of Pathobiological Sciences, Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, Skip Bertman Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BAG MAM MKM RCC CNM. Performed the experiments: BAG MAM MJM MKM RCC. Analyzed the data: BAG MAM CNM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BAG MAM CNM. Wrote the paper: BAG MAM MKM.