About the Authors

Sunita V. Seemanapalli

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

Qilong Xu

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

Kristy McShan

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

Fang Ting Liang

fliang@vetmed.lsu.edu

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SVS QX FTL. Performed the experiments: SVS QX KM FTL. Analyzed the data: SVS QX FTL. Wrote the paper: SVS FTL.