About the Authors
- Irina V. Alymova
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Affiliations Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization & Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
- Ian A. York
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Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization & Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Jonathan A. McCullers
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* E-mail: jon.mccullers@stjude.org
Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors of this manuscript, Drs. Irina Alymova and Jon McCullers, have the following competing interests: patent application SJ0060US “Method and kit for detecting virulent strains of influenza virus”. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: IVA IAY JAM. Performed the experiments: IVA IAY. Analyzed the data: IVA IAY JAM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IVA IAY JAM. Wrote the paper: IVA IAY JAM.