About the Authors

Zeus Saldaña

Contributed equally to this work with: Zeus Saldaña, Miguel A. De la Cruz

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Miguel A. De la Cruz

Contributed equally to this work with: Zeus Saldaña, Miguel A. De la Cruz

Current address: Unidad de Investigación Médica en Enfermedades Infecciosas y Parasitarias, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI-IMSS, Mexico City, Mexico

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Erika Margarita Carrillo-Casas

Affiliation Departamento de Ecología de Agentes Patógenos, Hospital General Dr. Manuel Gea González, Tlalpan, Mexico City, México

Laura Durán

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Yushan Zhang

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Rigoberto Hernández-Castro

Affiliation Departamento de Ecología de Agentes Patógenos, Hospital General Dr. Manuel Gea González, Tlalpan, Mexico City, México

José L. Puente

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México

Yehia Daaka

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Jorge A. Girón

jagiron@ufl.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAG YD JLP. Performed the experiments: ZS MAD LD YZ EMCC RH. Analyzed the data: JAG YD JLP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAG YD. Wrote the paper: JAG.