About the Authors
- Lorie Benning
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* E-mail: lbenning@jhu.edu
Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Elizabeth T. Golub
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Kathryn Anastos
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Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology & Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- Audrey L. French
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Affiliations Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center, Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Mardge Cohen
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Affiliations Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center, Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Douglas Gilbert
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Affiliation Department of Immunology/Microbiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Patrick Gillevet
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Affiliation Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University Microbiome Analysis Center, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America
- Elisaphane Munyazesa
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Services, Rwanda Biomedical Center National Reference Laboratory Division, Kigali, Rwanda
- Alan L. Landay
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Affiliation Department of Immunology/Microbiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Masoumeh Sikaroodi
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Affiliation Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University Microbiome Analysis Center, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America
- Gregory T. Spear
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Affiliation Department of Immunology/Microbiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors wish to disclose that Patrick Gillevet has a financial interest in BioSpherex LLC, contracted to do the MTPS sequencing. On 10/21/2013, he was issued a patent for the MTPS process, Multitag Sequencing for Ecogenomics Analysis USPTO 12/515262. Masoumeh Sikaroodi is a consultant for BioSpherex LLC. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GS AL. Performed the experiments: DG PG MS. Analyzed the data: LB EG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KA MC AF EM. Wrote the paper: LB GS.