About the Authors

Stanley A. Langevin

Affiliation Center for Vectorborne Diseases and Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

Richard A. Bowen

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

William K. Reisen

Affiliation Center for Vectorborne Diseases and Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

Christy C. Andrade

Affiliation Center for Vectorborne Diseases and Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

Wanichaya N. Ramey

Affiliation Center for Vectorborne Diseases and Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

Payal D. Maharaj

Affiliation Center for Vectorborne Diseases and Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

Michael Anishchenko

Affiliation Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Joan L. Kenney

Affiliation Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Nisha K. Duggal

Affiliation Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Hannah Romo

Affiliation Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Aloke Kumar Bera

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Todd A. Sanders

Affiliation United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Angela Bosco-Lauth

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Janet L. Smith

Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Richard Kuhn

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Aaron C. Brault

abrault@cdc.gov

Affiliations Center for Vectorborne Diseases and Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SAL WKR RK ACB. Performed the experiments: SAL RAB WKR CCA WNR PDM MA JLK NKD HR AKB TAS ABL ACB. Analyzed the data: SAL NKD JLS RK ACB. Wrote the paper: SAL ACB.