About the Authors

Ashok K. Chaturvedi

Affiliation Department of Biology and South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Anna L. Lazzell

Affiliation Department of Biology and South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Stephen P. Saville

Affiliation Department of Biology and South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Floyd L. Wormley Jr.

Affiliation Department of Biology and South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Carlos Monteagudo

Affiliation Departmento de Patología, Facultad de Medicina y Odontología, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Jose L. Lopez-Ribot

jose.lopezribot@utsa.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology and South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JLLR SPS. Performed the experiments: AKC ALL FLW CM. Analyzed the data: AKC ALL CM JLLR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SPS FLW CM JLLR. Wrote the paper: AKC SPS FLW JLLR.