About the Authors

Qisheng Peng

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun, China

Jason L. O’Loughlin

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Mary Beth Humphrey

marybeth-humphrey@ouhsc.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QP JLO MBH. Performed the experiments: QP JLO. Analyzed the data: QP JLO MBH. Wrote the paper: QP JLO MBH.