About the Authors

Anthony C. Fries

fries.41@osu.edu

Affiliation The Ohio State University, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Jacqueline M. Nolting

Affiliation The Ohio State University, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Angela Danner

Affiliation St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Robert G. Webster

Affiliation St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Andrew S. Bowman

Affiliation The Ohio State University, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Scott Krauss

Affiliation St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Richard D. Slemons

Affiliation The Ohio State University, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ACF JMN ASB RDS. Performed the experiments: JMN AD SK. Analyzed the data: ACF JMN ASB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMN AD SK RGW RDS. Wrote the paper: ACF JMN ASB AD SK RDS.