About the Authors

Ayman B. Allam

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Mary B. Brown

mbbrown@ufl.edu

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Leticia Reyes

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ABA MB LR. Performed the experiments: ABA LR. Analyzed the data: ABA MB LR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ABA MB LR. Wrote the paper: ABA MB LR.