About the Authors
- Pratyusha Mandal
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Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
- Bridgette E. Krueger
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Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
- Darby Oldenburg
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Affiliations Department of Health Professions, University of Wisconsin La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America, Rheumatology Research Laboratory, Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Katherine A. Andry
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Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
- R. Suzanne Beard
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Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
- Douglas W. White
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Affiliations Rheumatology Research Laboratory, Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, University of Wisconsin La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Erik S. Barton
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* E-mail: ebarton@wakehealth.edu
Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PM DWW ESB. Performed the experiments: PM BEK KAA RSB ESB. Analyzed the data: PM BEK ESB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DO KAA. Wrote the paper: PM ESB.