About the Authors
- Mingyu Liu
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois, United States of America
- Brandon Rakowski
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois, United States of America
- Edward Gershburg
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois, United States of America
- Carla M. Weisend
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Molecular Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America
- Olivier Lucas
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Molecular Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America
- Edward E. Schmidt
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Molecular Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America
- William P. Halford
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* E-mail: halford@siumed.edu
Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ML WPH. Performed the experiments: ML EG. Analyzed the data: ML EG EES WPH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ML BR EG CMW OL EES. Wrote the paper: ML WPH.