About the Authors

Allison F. Christiaansen

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States of America

Megan E. Schmidt

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States of America

Stacey M. Hartwig

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States of America

Steven M. Varga

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

steven-varga@uiowa.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States of America, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.