About the Authors

Yanlin Shi

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

Poonam Dadhwal

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

Xin Li

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biosciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Fang Ting Liang

fliang@vetmed.lsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathobiological Sciences, 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: YS FTL. Performed the experiments: YS PD. Analyzed the data: YS FTL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XL. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: FTL.