About the Authors

Kristen N. Peters

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Laboratory for Infectious Disease Research, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Miqdad O. Dhariwala

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Laboratory for Infectious Disease Research, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Jennifer M. Hughes Hanks

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Charles R. Brown

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Deborah M. Anderson

andersondeb@missouri.edu

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Laboratory for Infectious Disease Research, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KNP DMA. Performed the experiments: KNP MOD DMA. Analyzed the data: KNP MOD JMHH DMA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CRB. Wrote the paper: KNP DMA. None.