About the Authors

Waithaka Mwangi

wmwangi@cvm.tamu.edu (WM); pjdefigueiredo@tamu.edu (PdF); mcriscitiello@cvm.tamu.edu (MFC)

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Paul de Figueiredo

wmwangi@cvm.tamu.edu (WM); pjdefigueiredo@tamu.edu (PdF); mcriscitiello@cvm.tamu.edu (MFC)

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, United States of America, Norman Borlaug Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Michael F. Criscitiello

wmwangi@cvm.tamu.edu (WM); pjdefigueiredo@tamu.edu (PdF); mcriscitiello@cvm.tamu.edu (MFC)

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, United States of America, Comparative Immunogenetics Laboratory, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.