About the Authors

Chrissy M. Leopold Wager

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

Current address: Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States of America

Affiliations Department of Biology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States of America, The South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States of America

Camaron R. Hole

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Current address: Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States of America

Affiliations Department of Biology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States of America, The South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States of America

Althea Campuzano

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Department of Biology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States of America, The South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States of America

Natalia Castro-Lopez

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Department of Biology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States of America, The South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States of America

Hong Cai

Roles Formal analysis, Visualization

Affiliations Department of Biology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States of America, The South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States of America

Marley C. Caballero Van Dyke

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States of America, The South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States of America

Karen L. Wozniak

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Department Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, United States of America

Affiliations Department of Biology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States of America, The South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States of America

Yufeng Wang

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States of America, The South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States of America

Floyd L. Wormley Jr.

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Floyd.Wormley@utsa.edu

Affiliations Department of Biology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States of America, The South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.