About the Authors
- Adriana R. Cruz
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Affiliation Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas (CIDEIM), Cali, Colombia
- Allan Pillay
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Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Ana V. Zuluaga
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Affiliation Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas (CIDEIM), Cali, Colombia
- Lady G. Ramirez
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Affiliation Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas (CIDEIM), Cali, Colombia
- Jorge E. Duque
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Affiliation Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas (CIDEIM), Cali, Colombia
- Gloria E. Aristizabal
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Affiliation Secretaria de Salud Publica Municipal, Cali, Colombia
- Mary D. Fiel-Gan
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America
- Roberto Jaramillo
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Affiliation Fundación Clínica Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia
- Rodolfo Trujillo
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Affiliation Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas (CIDEIM), Cali, Colombia
- Carlos Valencia
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Affiliation Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas (CIDEIM), Cali, Colombia
- Linda Jagodzinski
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Affiliation Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- David L. Cox
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Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Justin D. Radolf
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America
- Juan C. Salazar
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* E-mail: jsalaza@ccmckids.org
Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ARC JDR JCS. Performed the experiments: ARC AP LGR RT CV LJ. Analyzed the data: ARC AP AVZ JED MDFG RJ RT CV LJ DLC JDR JCS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GEA DLC JCS. Wrote the paper: ARC JCS. Co-wrote the paper: ARC. Performed all molecular studies at the CDC: AP. Recruited patients: AVZ. Trained syphilis network physicians: JED. Contributed epidemiological data: GEA. Histology analysis: MDFG. Read histopathology slides: RJ. Molecular studies at Walter Reed Army Research Institute: LJ.