About the Authors

Neelima Sukumar

Contributed equally to this work with: Neelima Sukumar, Shumin Tan

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

Shumin Tan

Contributed equally to this work with: Neelima Sukumar, Shumin Tan

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

Bree B. Aldridge

Affiliation Tufts University School of Medicine, Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

David G. Russell

dgr8@cornell.edu

Affiliation Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, 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: NS ST DGR. Performed the experiments: NS ST BBA. Analyzed the data: NS ST BBA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ST BBA. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: NS ST DGR.