About the Authors

Angeline E. Rodriguez

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

Current address: Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America

Christopher Bogart

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Biology, Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America

Christopher M. Gilbert

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Cox Medical Center South, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America

Jonathan A. McCullers

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Amber M. Smith

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

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti

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

Affiliation Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Christopher R. Lupfer

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

ChristopherLupfer@missouristate.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.