About the Authors
- Pranay Dogra
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Emily B. Martin
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Angela Williams
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Raphael L. Richardson
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
- James S. Foster
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Nicole Hackenback
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Stephen J. Kennel
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Radiology, The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Tim E. Sparer
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* E-mail: tsparer@utk.edu
Affiliation Department of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Jonathan S. Wall
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Radiology, The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SJK TES JSW PD. Performed the experiments: PD EBM AW RLR JSF NH SJK. Analyzed the data: SJK TES JSW PD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PD EBM AW RLR JSF NH SJK TES. Wrote the paper: PD TES JSW.