About the Authors

Anna L. Drexler

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Jose E. Pietri

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Nazzy Pakpour

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Eric Hauck

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Bo Wang

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Elizabeth K. K. Glennon

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Martha Georgis

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Michael A. Riehle

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Shirley Luckhart

sluckhart@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ALD SL. Performed the experiments: ALD JEP NP EH BW EKKG MG. Analyzed the data: ALD JEP NP EH BW EKKG MG MAR SL. Wrote the paper: ALD NP MAR SL.