About the Authors
- Maria D. Esteve-Gassent
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Affiliations South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX-78249, United States of America, Department of Biology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX-78249, United States of America
- Trever C. Smith II
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Affiliations South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX-78249, United States of America, Center of Excellence in Infection Genomics, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX-78249, United States of America
- Christina M. Small
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Affiliation Department of Biology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX-78249, United States of America
- Derek P. Thomas
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Current address: Department of Biomedical Sciences, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI-49401, United States of America
Affiliations South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX-78249, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX-77843, United States of America
- J. Seshu
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* E-mail: j.seshu@utsa.edu
Affiliations South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX-78249, United States of America, Center of Excellence in Infection Genomics, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX-78249, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MDEG DPT JS. Performed the experiments: MDEG TCS CMS DPT. Analyzed the data: MDEG DPT JS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MDEG TCS CMS DPT JS. Wrote the paper: MDEG DPT JS.