About the Authors

Hong Wang

Affiliation Institute for Antiviral Research, Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

Venkatraman Siddharthan

Affiliation Institute for Antiviral Research, Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

Jeffery O. Hall

Affiliation Institute for Antiviral Research, Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

John D. Morrey

john.morrey@usu.edu

Affiliation Institute for Antiviral Research, Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HW VS JOH JDM. Performed the experiments: HW VS. Analyzed the data: HW VS JOH JDM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HW VS JDM. Wrote the paper: JDM.