About the Authors
- Sara D. Lawhon
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A &M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
- Sangeeta Khare
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Current address: National Center for Toxicological Research, United States-Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, Arizona, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A &M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
- Carlos A. Rossetti
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A &M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
- Robin E. Everts
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Current address: Sequenom Inc, San Diego, California, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
- Cristi L. Galindo
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Affiliation Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Sarah A. Luciano
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A &M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
- Josely F. Figueiredo
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A &M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
- Jairo E. S. Nunes
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A &M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
- Tamara Gull
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A &M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
- George S. Davidson
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Affiliation Sandia National Laboratories, Computation, Computers and Mathematics Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
- Kenneth L. Drake
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Affiliation Serologix, LLC, Austin, Texas, United States of America
- Harold R. Garner
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Affiliation Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Harris A. Lewin
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Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
- Andreas J. Bäumler
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Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Leslie Garry Adams
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* E-mail: gadams@cvm.tamu.edu
Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A &M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: KD is employed by Seralogix, LLC where his primary role is Chief Technology Officer. Seralogix is a bioinformatics research and services company commercializing computational systems biology software tools that are being sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the National Human Genome Research Institute. KD participated in conducting certain genomic data processing involving pathway analyses and modeling that helped to provide a more system level perspective of host immune response to the Texas A&M University researchers. Data were processed by KD, utilizing Seralogix's proprietary computational pipeline for biological systems analysis. The relation between Seralogix and Texas A&M University, College of Veterinary Medicine is strictly on a collaborative (mutually beneficial) research basis with no financial arrangements, commitments or interests. KD's motivation is to see his computational tools produce results that contribute to the improved understanding of host response to pathogen invasions (an objective of his National Health Institute research grants). KD contributed to the interpretation of the analysis results provided to the Texas A&M University researchers. Seralogix has no ownership of the data, nor results produced by their tools. RE is currently employed by Sequenom Inc. SK is currently employed by the United States Food and Drug Administration. This does not alter the authors′ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SDL AJB LGA. Performed the experiments: SDL SK CAR JFF JESN TG LGA. Analyzed the data: SDL CLG KD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: REE CLG HRG HAL. Wrote the paper: SDL. Provided support as a technician: SAL. Critically reviewed data and manuscript: SDL KD SK CAR CLG SAL JFF JESN TG GSD HAL AJB LGA.