About the Authors
- Dipu Mohan Kumar
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Mamoru Yamaguchi
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Koshiro Miura
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Current address: Department of Nutrition, Kyushu Women's University, Kita-kyushu City, Fukuoka, Japan
Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Mingqun Lin
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Marek Los
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Affiliation Department of Clinical & Experimental Medicine, Integrative Regenerative Medical Center Linköping University, Linkoping, Sweden
- Johannes F. Coy
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Affiliation Vorstand/CSO TAVARLIN AG, Darmstadt, Germany
- Yasuko Rikihisa
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* E-mail: rikihisa.1@osu.edu
Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
Competing Interests
JFC is employed by Vorstand/CSO TAVARLIN AG and has patent applications (pending), including individual applications or those belonging to the institution to which he is affiliated. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS Pathogens policies on sharing data and materials. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: YR DMK. Performed the experiments: DMK YR MY KM. Analyzed the data: DMK YR MLi. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MLo JFC. Wrote the paper: YR DMK.