About the Authors
- Heather M. Fritz
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of California Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, California, United States of America
- Kerry R. Buchholz
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Xiucui Chen
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Affiliation Division of Biostatistics, University of California Davis, School of Medicine, Davis, California, United States of America
- Blythe Durbin-Johnson
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Affiliation Division of Biostatistics, University of California Davis, School of Medicine, Davis, California, United States of America
- David M. Rocke
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Affiliation Division of Biostatistics, University of California Davis, School of Medicine, Davis, California, United States of America
- Patricia A. Conrad
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Contributed equally to this work with: Patricia A. Conrad, John C. Boothroyd
* E-mail: john.boothroyd@stanford.edu (JCB); paconrad@ucdavis.edu (PAC)
Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of California Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, California, United States of America
- John C. Boothroyd
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Contributed equally to this work with: Patricia A. Conrad, John C. Boothroyd
* E-mail: john.boothroyd@stanford.edu (JCB); paconrad@ucdavis.edu (PAC)
Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HMF KRB PAC JCB. Performed the experiments: HMF KRB. Analyzed the data: HMF XC BDJ DMR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PAC JCB. Wrote the paper: HMF PAC JCB.