About the Authors

Cory Ann Leonard

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, Institute of Veterinary Pathology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Robert V. Schoborg

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Center for Inflammation, Infectious Disease and Immunity, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America

Nicole Borel

N.Borel@access.uzh.ch

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, Institute of Veterinary Pathology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CAL RVS NB. Performed the experiments: CAL. Analyzed the data: CAL RVS NB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RVS NB. Wrote the paper: CAL RVS NB.