About the Authors
- Mariana L. Coutinho
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Affiliations Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnologico, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brasil, Faculdade de Veterinária, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil
- James Matsunaga
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Affiliations Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Long-Chieh Wang
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Affiliation Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Alejandro de la Peña Moctezuma
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Affiliation CEIEPAA Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Tequisquiapan, Querétaro, México
- Michael S. Lewis
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Affiliation Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Jane T. Babbitt
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Affiliations Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Jose Antonio G. Aleixo
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Affiliation Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnologico, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brasil
- David A. Haake
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* E-mail: dhaake@ucla.edu
Affiliations Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Departments of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
We have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: DAH and JM have intellectual property involving leptospiral proteins, none of which are described in this manuscript. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MLC JM MSL JTB JAGA DAH. Performed the experiments: MLC LCW AdlPM MSL. Analyzed the data: MLC JM AdlPM MSL DAH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JM MSL DAH. Wrote the paper: MLC JM MSL JTB DAH.