About the Authors

Jesse Thompson

jthompson12@unl.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America, School of Biological Sciences-Nebraska Center for Virology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Martha MacMillan

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Karen Boegler

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Charles Wood

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences-Nebraska Center for Virology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

John H. Elder

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Sue VandeWoude

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JT JHE SV. Performed the experiments: JT MM KB. Analyzed the data: JT MM KB JHE SV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CW JHE SV. Wrote the paper: JT JHE SV.