About the Authors

S. Abigail Smith

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Charles Wood

Affiliations Nebraska Center for Virology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America, School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

John T. West

john-west@ouhsc.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JTW. Performed the experiments: SAS. Analyzed the data: SAS JTW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CW. Wrote the paper: SAS JTW CW.