About the Authors

Sharvan Sehrawat

Current address: Whitehead Institute of Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Pradeep B. J. Reddy

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Naveen Rajasagi

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Amol Suryawanshi

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Mitsuomi Hirashima

Affiliation Department of Immunology & Immunopathology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan

Barry T. Rouse

btr@utk.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS BTR. Performed the experiments: SS PBJR NR AS. Analyzed the data: SS PBJR NR AS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH. Wrote the paper: SS BTR. Overall supervision: BTR.