About the Authors

Kristy M. Bialas

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Emily A. Desmet

Current address: Baker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Toru Takimoto

toru_takimoto@urmc.rochester.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KMB EAD TT. Performed the experiments: KMB TT. Analyzed the data: KMB TT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KMB TT. Wrote the paper: KMB TT.