About the Authors

Jianqiang Ye

Affiliations Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Erin M. Sorrell

Affiliations Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Yibin Cai

Affiliations Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Hongxia Shao

Affiliations Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Kemin Xu

Affiliations Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Lindomar Pena

Affiliations Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Danielle Hickman

Affiliations Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Haichen Song

Affiliation Synbiotics Corporation, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Matthew Angel

Affiliations Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Rafael A. Medina

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Institute of Global Health and Emerging Pathogens, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Balaji Manicassamy

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Institute of Global Health and Emerging Pathogens, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Adolfo Garcia-Sastre

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Institute of Global Health and Emerging Pathogens, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Daniel R. Perez

dperez1@umd.edu

Affiliations Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: J. Ye, E. Sorrell, D. Perez. Performed the experiments: J. Ye, E. Sorrell, Y. Cai, H. Shao, K. Xu, L. Pena, D. Hickman, M. Angel. Analyzed the data: J. Ye, E. Sorrell, H. Shao, L. Pena, D. Hickman, R. Medoma. B. Manicassamy, A. Garcia-Sastre, D. Perez. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Y. Cai, H. Shao, K. Xu, L. Pena, D. Hickman, H. Song, R. Medina, B. Manicassamy, A. Garcia-Sastre. Wrote the paper: J. Ye, E. Sorrell, M. Angel, D. Perez.