About the Authors

Alayna K. Caffrey

Affiliation Montana State University, Department of Immunology & Infectious Diseases, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Margaret M. Lehmann

Affiliation Montana State University, Department of Immunology & Infectious Diseases, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Julianne M. Zickovich

Affiliation Montana State University, Department of Immunology & Infectious Diseases, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Vanessa Espinosa

Affiliation Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, Center for Immunity and Inflammation, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Kelly M. Shepardson

Affiliation Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Christopher P. Watschke

Affiliation Montana State University, Department of Immunology & Infectious Diseases, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Kimberly M. Hilmer

Affiliation Montana State University, Department of Immunology & Infectious Diseases, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Arsa Thammahong

Affiliation Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Bridget M. Barker

Affiliation TGen North, Pathogen Genomics Research Division, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Amariliz Rivera

Affiliation Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, Center for Immunity and Inflammation, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Robert A. Cramer

Affiliation Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Joshua J. Obar

joshua.obar@montana.edu

Affiliation Montana State University, Department of Immunology & Infectious Diseases, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AKC AR RAC JJO. Performed the experiments: AKC MML JMZ VE KMS CPW KMH AT BMB. Analyzed the data: AKC MML JMZ VE KMS CPW KMH AT AR RAC JJO. Wrote the paper: AKC JJO.