About the Authors

Katherine A. Sayler

saylerk@ufl.edu

Affiliations Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Department of Environmental and Global Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Anthony F. Barbet

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Casey Chamberlain

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

William L. Clapp

Affiliation Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Rick Alleman

Affiliation Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Julia C. Loeb

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Global Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

John A. Lednicky

Affiliations Department of Environmental and Global Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KAS AFB JAL CC. Performed the experiments: JCL CC KAS JAL WLC. Analyzed the data: KAS AFB CC WLC JAL JCL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AFB WLC KAS JCL JAL ARA. Wrote the paper: KAS JAL AFB ARA.