About the Authors

S. Rochelle Mikkelsen

Affiliation Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Julie M. Long

Affiliation Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Lin Zhang

Affiliation Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Erin R. Galemore

Affiliation Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Sue VandeWoude

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Gregg A. Dean

gregg_dean@ncsu.edu

Affiliation Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SRM GAD. Performed the experiments: SRM JML LZ ERG. Analyzed the data: SRM LZ ERG GAD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SV GAD. Wrote the paper: SRM GAD.