About the Authors

Jean Mukherjee

Contributed equally to this work with: Jean Mukherjee, Igor Dmitriev

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, Massachusetts, United States of America

Igor Dmitriev

Contributed equally to this work with: Jean Mukherjee, Igor Dmitriev

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Michelle Debatis

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jacqueline M. Tremblay

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, Massachusetts, United States of America

Gillian Beamer

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, Massachusetts, United States of America

Elena A. Kashentseva

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

David T. Curiel

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Charles B. Shoemaker

charles.shoemaker@tufts.edu

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CS ID DC. Performed the experiments: JM ID MD JT GB EK. Analyzed the data: JM ID GB DC CS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DC CS. Wrote the paper: CS ID.