About the Authors

Briana R. Flaherty

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Yuxiao Wang

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Edward C. Trope

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

Tienhuei G. Ho

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Vasant Muralidharan

Affiliations Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Eileen J. Kennedy

ekennedy@uga.edu (EK); David Peterson: dspete@uga.edu (DP)

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

David S. Peterson

ekennedy@uga.edu (EK); David Peterson: dspete@uga.edu (DP)

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, 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: BRF YW VM EJK DSP. Performed the experiments: BRF YW ECT TGH VM. Analyzed the data: BRF YW ECT TGH VM EJK DSP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VM EJK DSP. Wrote the paper: BRF YW ECT TGH VM EJK DSP.