About the Authors
- Kristine J. Kines
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Contributed equally to this work with: Kristine J. Kines, Gabriel Rinaldi
Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Tropical Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America, Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
- Gabriel Rinaldi
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Contributed equally to this work with: Kristine J. Kines, Gabriel Rinaldi
Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Tropical Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America, Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República (UDELAR), Montevideo, Uruguay
- Tunika I. Okatcha
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Tropical Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America, Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
- Maria E. Morales
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Affiliation Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
- Victoria H. Mann
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Tropical Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America
- Jose F. Tort
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Affiliation Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República (UDELAR), Montevideo, Uruguay
- Paul J. Brindley
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* E-mail: paul.brindley@gwumc.edu
Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Tropical Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KJK GR JFT PJB. Performed the experiments: KJK GR TIO PJB. Analyzed the data: KJK GR MEM VHM JFT PJB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KJK GR TIO MEM VHM PJB. Wrote the paper: KJK GR JFT PJB.