About the Authors

C. Brad Wilson

jfrancis@vetmed.lsu.edu (CW)

Affiliation Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Leslie D. McLaughlin

Affiliation Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Anand Nair

Affiliation Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Philip J. Ebenezer

Affiliation Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Rahul Dange

Affiliation Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Joseph Francis

jfrancis@vetmed.lsu.edu (CW)

Affiliation Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CBW LDM JF. Performed the experiments: CBW LDM PJE ARN. Analyzed the data: CBW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CBW LDM PJE ARN RD. Wrote the paper: CBW. Reviewed and edited the manuscript: CBW LDM JF.