About the Authors

Michel Olivier

Affiliation UR1282 Infectiologie Animale et Santé Publique, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Nouzilly, France

Benjamin Foret

Affiliation UR1282 Infectiologie Animale et Santé Publique, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Nouzilly, France

Yves Le Vern

Current address: Laboratoire de Cytométrie, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Nouzilly, France

Affiliation UR1282 Infectiologie Animale et Santé Publique, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Nouzilly, France

Laurence A. Guilloteau

Laurence.Guilloteau@tours.inra.fr

Affiliation UR1282 Infectiologie Animale et Santé Publique, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Nouzilly, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MO LAG. Performed the experiments: MO BF LAG. Analyzed the data: MO LAG. Wrote the paper: LAG MO. Technical assistance and expertise for cell sorting: YLV.