About the Authors
- Clarissa J Nobile
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America , Biological Sciences Program, Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
- David R Andes
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Jeniel E Nett
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Frank J Smith Jr.
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
- Fu Yue
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Affiliation Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America
- Quynh-Trang Phan
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Affiliation Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America
- John E Edwards Jr.
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Affiliations Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America , The David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Scott G Filler
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Affiliations Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America , The David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Aaron P Mitchell
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: apm4@columbia.edu
Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
CJN, DRA, JEN, SGF, and APM conceived and designed the experiments. CJN, DRA, JEN, and QTP performed the experiments. CJN, DRA, JEN, JEE, SGF, and APM analyzed the data. FJS, FY, QTP, JEE, and SGF contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. CJN, DRA, JEE, SGF, and APM wrote the paper.