About the Authors

Jennifer A. Luff

jaluff@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Hang Yuan

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Georgetown University Medical School, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Douglas Kennedy

Affiliation Department of Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Richard Schlegel

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Georgetown University Medical School, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Peter Felsburg

Affiliation Department of Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Peter F. Moore

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAL PFM PF. Performed the experiments: PF JAL DK HY. Analyzed the data: HY JAL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAL HY RS DK PFM PF. Wrote the paper: JAL HY PFM PF.