About the Authors

Anne Ward

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Neurological Infections and Immunity, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Hamilton, Montana

Forrest Jessop

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Hamilton, Montana

Robert Faris

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Jason Hollister

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Neurological Infections and Immunity, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Hamilton, Montana

Daniel Shoup

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Neurological Infections and Immunity, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Hamilton, Montana

Brent Race

Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Neurological Infections and Immunity, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Hamilton, Montana

Catharine M. Bosio

Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Hamilton, Montana

Suzette A. Priola

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

spriola@nih.gov

Affiliation Laboratory of Neurological Infections and Immunity, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Hamilton, Montana

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.