About the Authors

Doug E. Brackney

dbrackney@salud.unm.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Jaclyn C. Scott

Affiliation Arthropod-Borne and Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Fumihiko Sagawa

Affiliation Arthropod-Borne and Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Jimmy E. Woodward

Affiliation National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America

Neil A. Miller

Affiliation National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America

Faye D. Schilkey

Affiliation National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America

Joann Mudge

Affiliation National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America

Jeffrey Wilusz

Affiliation Arthropod-Borne and Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Ken E. Olson

Affiliation Arthropod-Borne and Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Carol D. Blair

Affiliation Arthropod-Borne and Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Gregory D. Ebel

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DEB JCS JW KEO CDB GDE. Performed the experiments: DEB JCS FS JEW NAM. Analyzed the data: DEB GDE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FDS JM JW KEO CDB GDE. Wrote the paper: DEB JCS KEO CDB GDE.