About the Authors

Kathryn E. Reif

kreif@vetmed.wsu.edu

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, and Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America, Animal Disease Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Guy H. Palmer

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, and Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

David W. Crowder

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Massaro W. Ueti

Affiliation Animal Disease Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Susan M. Noh

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, and Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America, Animal Disease Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KER GHP SMN. Performed the experiments: KER MWU DWC. Analyzed the data: KER DWC SMN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GHP SMN DWC. Wrote the paper: KER SMN GHP DWC MWU.