About the Authors

David P. AuCoin

daucoin@medicine.nevada.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada, United States of America

Dana E. Reed

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada, United States of America

Nicole L. Marlenee

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Richard A. Bowen

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Peter Thorkildson

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada, United States of America

Barbara M. Judy

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Alfredo G. Torres

Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Thomas R. Kozel

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DA TK RB AT. Performed the experiments: DA DR NM PT BJ. Analyzed the data: DA TK RB AT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DA RB AT TK. Wrote the paper: DA TK PT.