About the Authors

Barbara A. Butcher

bab26@cornell.edu (BAB); eyd1@cornell.edu (EYD)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Barbara A. Fox

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Leah M. Rommereim

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Sung Guk Kim

Affiliation Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Kirk J. Maurer

Affiliation Center for Animal Resources and Education, College of Veterinary Medicine and Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Felix Yarovinsky

Affiliation Department of Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

De'Broski R. Herbert

Affiliation Division of Immunobiology, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

David J. Bzik

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Eric Y. Denkers

bab26@cornell.edu (BAB); eyd1@cornell.edu (EYD)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BAB BAF DJB EYD. Performed the experiments: BAB BAF LMR SGK KJM DJB EYD. Analyzed the data: BAB BAF DJB EYD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FY DRH. Wrote the paper: BAB BAF DJB EYD.