Evaluation of Burkholderia mallei ΔtonB Δhcp1 (CLH001) as a live attenuated vaccine in murine models of glanders and melioidosis

• Nittaya Khakhum,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Preeti Bharaj,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Julia N. Myers,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Daniel Tapia,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• David H. Walker,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Janice J. Endsley,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Alfredo G. Torres

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: altorres@utmb.edu

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6450-0643

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