About the Authors

Sara B. Cohen

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Kirk J. Maurer

Current address: Center for Comparative Medicine and Research, Dartmouth College, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America, Center for Animal Resources and Education, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Charlotte E. Egan

Current address: Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Steve Oghumu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Abhay R. Satoskar

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Eric Y. Denkers

eyd1@cornell.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SBC EYD. Performed the experiments: SBC CEE. Analyzed the data: SBC KJM CEE ARS EYD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SO ARS. Wrote the paper: SBC EYD.