About the Authors

Hanna J. Laukaitis

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

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Triston T. Cooper

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Chanakan Suwanbongkot

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Victoria I. Verhoeve

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Timothy J. Kurtti

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Ulrike G. Munderloh

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Kevin R. Macaluso

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

kmacaluso@southalabama.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.