About the Authors

Jay M. Hendricks

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Carol Hoffman

Current address: Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

David W. Pascual

Current address: Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Michele E. Hardy

mhardy@montana.edu

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MEH JMH. Performed the experiments: JMH CH. Analyzed the data: JMH CH MEH DWP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CH DWP. Wrote the paper: MEH JMH.