About the Authors

Karol Sestak

ksestak@tulane.edu

Affiliations Division of Microbiology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, Louisiana, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Lauren Conroy

Affiliation Division of Microbiology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, Louisiana, United States of America

Pyone P. Aye

Affiliation Division of Comparative Pathology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, Louisiana, United States of America

Smriti Mehra

Affiliation DNA Microarray and Expression Core, Division of Bacteriology and Parasitology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, Louisiana, United States of America

Gaby G. Doxiadis

Affiliation Comparative Genetics and Refinement, Biomedical Primate Research Centre, Rijswijk, The Netherlands

Deepak Kaushal

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, DNA Microarray and Expression Core, Division of Bacteriology and Parasitology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KS. Performed the experiments: LC SM GGD DK. Analyzed the data: KS PPA DK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PPA SM DK. Wrote the paper: KS LC PPA DK.