About the Authors

Johanna R. Elfenbein

Affiliations Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, United States of America, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Leigh A. Knodler

Affiliation Paul G. Allen School of Global Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Ernesto S. Nakayasu

Current address: Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Affiliation Integrative Omics Group, Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Charles Ansong

Affiliation Integrative Omics Group, Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Heather M. Brewer

Affiliation Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Lydia Bogomolnaya

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, United States of America

L. Garry Adams

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Michael McClelland

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Joshua N. Adkins

Affiliation Integrative Omics Group, Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Helene L. Andrews-Polymenis

handrews@medicine.tamhsc.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JRE HLAP JNA. Performed the experiments: JRE JNA LAK ESN HMB CA LB LGA. Analyzed the data: JRE LAK ESN CA JNA LB HLAP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JRE LAK ESN CA HMB JNA LB LGA MM HLAP. Wrote the paper: JRE LAK JNA MM LGA LB HLAP.