About the Authors

Sergio Lizano

Current address: IDEXX Laboratories, Westbrook, Maine, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Feng Luo

Current address: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, New York, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Farah K. Tengra

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Debra E. Bessen

debra_bessen@nymc.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SL FL FKT DEB. Performed the experiments: SL FL FKT. Analyzed the data: SL FL FKT DEB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DEB. Wrote the paper: SL FL FKT DEB.