About the Authors

Jessica J. Carter

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biology, Viral Immunology Center, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jesse M. Gardner

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Biology, Viral Immunology Center, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Brent P. Poling

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Biology, Viral Immunology Center, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Madeline M. Welch

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Biology, Viral Immunology Center, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Judee Grace E. Nemeno

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Biology, Viral Immunology Center, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

John E. Houghton

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biology, Viral Immunology Center, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Richard D. Dix

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

rdix@gsu.edu

Affiliations Department of Biology, Viral Immunology Center, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.