About the Authors

Carl Soffler

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

Angela M. Bosco-Lauth

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

Tawfik A. Aboellail

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

Angela J. Marolf

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Richard A. Bowen

richard.bowen@colostate.edu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, 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: CS RAB. Performed the experiments: CS AMB TAA AJM RAB. Analyzed the data: CS AMB TAA AJM RAB. Wrote the paper: CS AMB TAA AJM RAB.