About the Authors

Elizabeth Bassity

Current address: Trudeau Institute, Saranac Lake, New York, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Theodore G. Clark

tgc3@cornell.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EB TGC. Performed the experiments: EB. Analyzed the data: EB TGC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TGC. Wrote the paper: EB TGC.