About the Authors

Taeyong Kwon

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

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Weihong Gu

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

Affiliations Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Igor Morozov

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Mariano Carossino

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

Affiliations Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America, Louisiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Eu Lim Lyoo

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Chester D. McDowell

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Yonghai Li

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Udeni B. R. Balasuriya

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

Affiliation Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Yi Huang

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

Affiliations Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Darling Melany De Carvahlo Madrid

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

Affiliations Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Kiho Lee

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision

Affiliations Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, National Swine Resource and Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Juergen A. Richt

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

driverjp@missouri.edu (JPD), jricht@vet.k-state.edu (JAR)

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

John P. Driver

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

driverjp@missouri.edu (JPD), jricht@vet.k-state.edu (JAR)

Affiliations Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: The J.A.R. laboratory received support from Tonix Pharmaceuticals, Xing Technologies, Esperovax, Genus, and Zoetis, outside of the reported work. J.A.R. is inventor on patents and patent applications on the use of antivirals and vaccines for the treatment and prevention of virus infections, owned by Kansas State University.