About the Authors
- Paul W Denton
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Jacob D Estes
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
- Zhifeng Sun
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Florence A Othieno
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Bangdong L Wei
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Anja K Wege
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Daniel A Powell
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Deborah Payne
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Ashley T Haase
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
- J. Victor Garcia
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: victor.garcia@utsouthwestern.edu
Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
PWD, JDE, ATH, and JVG planned the project, designed experiments, carried out experiments, analyzed data, and wrote the manuscript. DP designed the analysis of viral loads in humanized mice and supervised their performance. ZS, FAO, BLW, AKW, and DAP carried out experiments and collected, analyzed, and discussed data.