About the Authors

Scott P. Kenney

Affiliation Center for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Xiang-Jin Meng

xjmeng@vt.edu

Affiliation Center for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SPK XJM. Performed the experiments: SPK. Analyzed the data: SPK XJM. Wrote the paper: SPK XJM.