About the Authors

Florent Sebbane

florent.sebbane@inserm.fr

Affiliations Equipe Peste et Yersinia pestis, Centre d'Infection et d'Immunité de Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France, INSERM U1019, Lille, France, CNRS UMR8204, Lille, France, Université Lille Nord de France, Lille, France, UDSL, Centre d'Infection et d'Immunité de Lille, Lille, France

Clayton Jarrett

Affiliation Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens and Veterinary Pathology Section, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Donald Gardner

Affiliation Veterinary Pathology Section, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Daniel Long

Affiliation Veterinary Pathology Section, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

B. Joseph Hinnebusch

Affiliation Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens and Veterinary Pathology Section, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FS BJH. Performed the experiments: FS CJ. Analyzed the data: FS CJ DJG DL BJH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FS CJ DJG DL BJH. Wrote the paper: FS DJG BJH.