About the Authors

Ahmed AbdelKhalek

Affiliation Department of Comparative Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, 625 Harrison Street, West Lafayette, Indiana, 47907, United States of America

Charles R. Ashby Jr

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John’s University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Queens, New York, 11439, United States of America

Bhargav A. Patel

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John’s University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Queens, New York, 11439, United States of America

Tanaji T. Talele

talelet@stjohns.edu (TTT); mseleem@purdue.edu (MNS)

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John’s University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Queens, New York, 11439, United States of America

Mohamed N. Seleem

talelet@stjohns.edu (TTT); mseleem@purdue.edu (MNS)

Affiliations Department of Comparative Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, 625 Harrison Street, West Lafayette, Indiana, 47907, United States of America, Purdue Institute for Inflammation, Immunology, and Infectious Disease, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 47907, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: CA TT MS. Formal analysis: AA CA BP TT MS. Funding acquisition: TT MS. Investigation: AA CA BP TT MS. Methodology: AA BP TT MS. Software: BP TT. Validation: AA BP TT MS. Writing – original draft: AA CA BP TT MS. Writing – review & editing: AA CA BP TT MS.