About the Authors

Eric R. Lafontaine

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Shawn M. Zimmerman

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Teresa L. Shaffer

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Frank Michel

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biosciences and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Xiudan Gao

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biosciences and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Robert J. Hogan

jhogan@uga.edu

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biosciences and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ERL RJH. Performed the experiments: ERL RJH SMZ TLS FM XG. Analyzed the data: ERL RJH SMZ TLS FM XG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ERL RJH SMZ TLS FM XG. Wrote the manuscript: ERL RJH SMZ.