About the Authors
- Xiaofei Gao
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics, and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America
- Fengyi Wan
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Affiliation Laboratory of Immunology, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Kristina Mateo
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, United States of America
- Eduardo Callegari
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Affiliation Division of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota, United States of America
- Dan Wang
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, United States of America
- Wanyin Deng
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Affiliation Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Jose Puente
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Affiliation Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Mexico
- Feng Li
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, United States of America
- Michael S. Chaussee
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Affiliation Division of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota, United States of America
- B. Brett Finlay
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Affiliation Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Michael J. Lenardo
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Affiliation Laboratory of Immunology, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Philip R. Hardwidge
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* E-mail: phardwidge@kumc.edu
Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics, and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: XG PRH. Performed the experiments: XG FW KM EC PRH. Analyzed the data: XG FW FL MJL PRH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FW KM EC DW WD JP FL MSC BBF MJL. Wrote the paper: XG PRH.