About the Authors

Susanta K. Behura

sbehura@nd.edu

Affiliation Eck Institute for Global Health, Department of Biological Sciences. University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

David W. Severson

Affiliation Eck Institute for Global Health, Department of Biological Sciences. University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SKB. Performed the experiments: SKB. Analyzed the data: SKB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SKB. Wrote the paper: SKB DWS. Designed and performed the study: SKB. Analyzed the data: SKB. Wrote the manuscript: SKB DWS.