About the Authors

Rebecca C. Christofferson

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

Christopher N. Mores

cmores@lsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, 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: RCC CNM. Performed the experiments: RCC CNM. Analyzed the data: RCC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RCC CNM. Wrote the paper: RCC CNM.