About the Authors

Michelle R. Sanford

uranotaenia@gmail.com

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

Berna Demirci

Affiliation Faculty of Science, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

Clare D. Marsden

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

Yoosook Lee

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

Anthony J. Cornel

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Gregory C. Lanzaro

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, School of Veterinary 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: MRS BD YL AJC GCL. Performed the experiments: MRS BD. Analyzed the data: MRS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CDM YL AJC GCL. Wrote the paper: MRS.