About the Authors
- Sun-Hee Ahn
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Hitesh Deshmukh
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Nicole Johnson
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Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Lindsay G. Cowell
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Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Thomas H. Rude
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- William K. Scott
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Affiliation Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics and John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America
- Charlotte L. Nelson
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Affiliation Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Aimee K. Zaas
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Douglas A. Marchuk
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Sehoon Keum
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Supaporn Lamlertthon
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Batu K. Sharma-Kuinkel
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Gregory D. Sempowski
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Affiliation Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Vance G. Fowler Jr
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* E-mail: fowle003@mc.duke.edu
Affiliations Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Competing Interests
Dr. Fowler has served as a consultant for Astellas, Cubist, Inhibitex, Merck, Johnson & Johnson, Leo Pharmaceuticals, NovaDigm, The Medicines Company, Baxter Pharmaceuticals & Biosynexus; has received grant or research support from Astellas, Cubist, Merck, Theravance, Inhibitex, Cerexa, Pfizer, Novartis, Advanced Liquid Logic and National Institute of Health; has received honoraria from Arpida, Astellas, Cubist, Inhibitex, Merck, Pfizer, Targanta, Theravance, Ortho-McNeil, Novartis & Vertex Pharmaceuticals; has served on an advisory committee for Cubist; is employed by Duke University; and has served as a speaker's bureau for Cubist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SHA HD NJ LGC WKS AKZ DAM SK SL BKSK VGF. Performed the experiments: SHA HD THR. Analyzed the data: SHA HD NJ LGC CLN GDS VGF. Wrote the paper: SHA HD LGC VGF.