About the Authors

Katherine M. Sonsteng

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Justin R. Prigge

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Emily A. Talago

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Ronald K. June

Affiliation Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Edward E. Schmidt

eschmidt@montana.edu

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Competing Interests

Corresponding author Edward E. Schmidt is also an active Academic Editor for PLoS ONE. This should have no impact on the consideration or evaluation of this submission, does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLoS ONE Editorial policies and criteria, and is not a conflict of interest.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KMS JRP EAT RKJ EES. Performed the experiments: KMS JRP EAT EES. Analyzed the data: KMS JRP EAT EES. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JRP RKJ EES. Wrote the paper: EES.