About the Authors

Teneema Kuriakose

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Ralph A. Tripp

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Wendy T. Watford

watfordw@uga.edu

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TK RAT WTW. Performed the experiments: TK WTW. Analyzed the data: TK WTW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RAT WTW. Wrote the paper: TK RAT WTW.