About the Authors

Adria Carbo

Affiliations Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Center for Modeling Immunity to Enteric Pathogens Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Josep Bassaganya-Riera

Affiliations Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Center for Modeling Immunity to Enteric Pathogens Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Mireia Pedragosa

Affiliations Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Center for Modeling Immunity to Enteric Pathogens Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Monica Viladomiu

Affiliations Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Center for Modeling Immunity to Enteric Pathogens Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Madhav Marathe

Affiliations Center for Modeling Immunity to Enteric Pathogens Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Stephen Eubank

Affiliations Center for Modeling Immunity to Enteric Pathogens Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Katherine Wendelsdorf

Affiliations Center for Modeling Immunity to Enteric Pathogens Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Keith Bisset

Affiliations Center for Modeling Immunity to Enteric Pathogens Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Stefan Hoops

Affiliations Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Center for Modeling Immunity to Enteric Pathogens Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Xinwei Deng

Affiliations Center for Modeling Immunity to Enteric Pathogens Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Statistics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Maksudul Alam

Affiliations Center for Modeling Immunity to Enteric Pathogens Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Barbara Kronsteiner

Affiliations Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Center for Modeling Immunity to Enteric Pathogens Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Yongguo Mei

Affiliations Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Center for Modeling Immunity to Enteric Pathogens Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Raquel Hontecillas

rmagarzo@vt.edu

Affiliations Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Center for Modeling Immunity to Enteric Pathogens Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors state that Josep Bassaganya-Riera is an Academic Editor for PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors′ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AC JBR RH. Performed the experiments: AC RH JBR MP MV XD MA BK. Analyzed the data: AC JBR RH MA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SE MM KW KB SH YM. Wrote the paper: AC JBR RH.