About the Authors
- Michael G. Brown
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Contributed equally to this work with: Michael G. Brown, Sarah M. McAlpine
Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Canadian Center for Vaccinology, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Sarah M. McAlpine
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Contributed equally to this work with: Michael G. Brown, Sarah M. McAlpine
Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Yan Y. Huang
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Canadian Center for Vaccinology, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Ian D. Haidl
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Ayham Al-Afif
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Canadian Center for Vaccinology, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Jean S. Marshall
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¶These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Department of Pathology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Robert Anderson
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* E-mail: robert.anderson@dal.ca
Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Canadian Center for Vaccinology, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MGB SMM JSM RA. Performed the experiments: MGB SMM YYH IDH AA-A. Analyzed the data: SMM MGB YYH AA-A IDH JSM RA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JSM RA. Wrote the paper: SMM MGB YYH IDH JSM RA.