About the Authors

Baibaswata Nayak

Affiliation Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Subrat N. Rout

Affiliation Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Sachin Kumar

Affiliation Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Mohammed S. Khalil

Affiliation Ministry of Environment, Cairo, Egypt

Moustafa M. Fouda

Affiliation Ministry of Environment, Cairo, Egypt

Luay E. Ahmed

Affiliation Ministry of Environment, Cairo, Egypt

Kenneth C. Earhart

Affiliation U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit.3, Cairo, Egypt

Daniel R. Perez

Affiliation Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Peter L. Collins

Affiliation Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States of America

Siba K. Samal

ssamal@umd.edu

Affiliation Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BN DRP PLC SKS. Performed the experiments: BN SNR SK. Analyzed the data: BN SNR SK SKS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MSK MMF LEA KCE DRP. Wrote the paper: BN PLC SKS.