About the Authors

Yunjeong Kim

ykim@ksu.edu

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Hongwei Liu

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Anushka C. Galasiti Kankanamalage

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, United States of America

Sahani Weerasekara

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Duy H. Hua

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

William C. Groutas

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, United States of America

Kyeong-Ok Chang

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Niels C. Pedersen

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: YK, KOC, DHH, and WCG have patent claims on the protease inhibitors in the manuscript.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YK KOC NCP WCG. Performed the experiments: HL ACGK SW. Analyzed the data: YK KOC NCP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YK KOC WCG DHH NCP. Wrote the paper: YK NCP.