About the Authors

Matthew Calverley

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Sara Erickson

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Amanda J. Read

Affiliation Office of the Senior Associate Vice President for Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Allen G. Harmsen

aharmsen@montana.edu (AGH)

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MC AJR AGH. Performed the experiments: MC SE AJR. Analyzed the data: MC SE AJR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AGH. Wrote the paper: MC.