About the Authors

Adaeze O. Izuogu

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Kristin L. McNally

Affiliation Innate Immunity and Pathogenesis Unit, Laboratory of Virology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, DIR, NIAID, NIH, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Stephen E. Harris

Affiliation The Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Brian H. Youseff

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

John B. Presloid

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Christopher Burlak

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Jason Munshi-South

Affiliation Louis Calder Center-Biological Field Station, Fordham University, Armonk, New York, United States of America

Sonja M. Best

Affiliation Innate Immunity and Pathogenesis Unit, Laboratory of Virology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, DIR, NIAID, NIH, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

R. Travis Taylor

travis.taylor@utoledo.edu

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: RTT AOI. Data curation: RTT AOI CB. Formal analysis: RTT AOI. Funding acquisition: RTT JMS SMB. Investigation: AOI BHY JBP KLM SEH. Methodology: RTT AOI. Project administration: RTT SMB JMS. Resources: RTT SMB JMS CB. Supervision: RTT SMB JMS CB. Validation: AOI KLM JBP. Visualization: RTT AOI. Writing – original draft: RTT AOI. Writing – review & editing: RTT AOI SMB CB JMS.