About the Authors
- Shivali Gupta
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Xianxiu Wan
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Maria P. Zago
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Affiliation Instituto de Patología Experimental, CONICET, Salta, Argentina
- Valena C. Martinez Sellers
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Trevor S. Silva
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Dadjah Assiah
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Monisha Dhiman
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Sonia Nuñez
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Affiliation Hospital Público de Gestión Descentralizada San Bernardo, Salta, Argentina
- John R. Petersen
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Juan C. Vázquez-Chagoyán
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Affiliation Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Estado de México, Toluca, México
- Jose G. Estrada-Franco
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Affiliation Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Estado de México, Toluca, México
- Nisha Jain Garg
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* E-mail: nigarg@utmb.edu
Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Faculty of the Center for Tropical Diseases, and the Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SG NJG. Performed the experiments: SG XW VCMS DA TSS. Analyzed the data: SG NJG VCMS TSS MD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MPZ SN JCVC JGEF JRP. Wrote the paper: SG NJG.