About the Authors

Gabriel Gomez

ggomez@cvm.tamu.edu

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Jianwu Pei

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Waithaka Mwangi

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

L. Garry Adams

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Allison Rice-Ficht

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Thomas A. Ficht

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GG TAF LGA ARF WM JP. Performed the experiments: GG JP. Analyzed the data: GG TAF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TAF LGA ARF. Wrote the paper: GG TAF.