About the Authors

Yanyan Huang

Affiliations Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Mazhar Khan

ion@engr.uconn.edu (IIM); mazhar.khan@uconn.edu (MK)

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Ion I. Măndoiu

ion@engr.uconn.edu (IIM); mazhar.khan@uconn.edu (MK)

Affiliation Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YH MK IIM. Performed the experiments: YH IIM. Analyzed the data: MK IIM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MK IIM. Wrote the manuscript: YH MK IIM. Designed the primers: IIM. Extracted RNA and performed subtyping PCR assays: YH. All authors read and approved the final manuscript..