About the Authors

Casandra W. Philipson

Affiliations Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Center for Modeling Immunity to Enteric Pathogens, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Josep Bassaganya-Riera

Affiliations Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Center for Modeling Immunity to Enteric Pathogens, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Monica Viladomiu

Affiliations Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Center for Modeling Immunity to Enteric Pathogens, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Mireia Pedragosa

Affiliations Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Center for Modeling Immunity to Enteric Pathogens, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Richard L. Guerrant

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Center for Global Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

James K. Roche

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Center for Global Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Raquel Hontecillas

rmagarzo@vt.edu

Affiliations Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Center for Modeling Immunity to Enteric Pathogens, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CWP JBR RH. Performed the experiments: CWP MV MP. Analyzed the data: CWP JBR RH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JBR RLG JKR. Wrote the paper: CWP JBR RH.