About the Authors

Maria von Chamier

Affiliation Animal Care Services, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Ayman Allam

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology and D. H. Barron Reproductive and Perinatal Biology Research Program, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Mary B. Brown

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology and D. H. Barron Reproductive and Perinatal Biology Research Program, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Mary K. Reinhard

Affiliation Animal Care Services, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Leticia Reyes

lreyes@ufl.edu

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology and D. H. Barron Reproductive and Perinatal Biology Research Program, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MBB LR. Performed the experiments: MVC AA MKR LR. Analyzed the data: AA MKR LR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MVC AA MBB MKR LR. Wrote the paper: MVC AA MBB MKR LR.