In vitro and in vivo endothelial interactions of Leptospira species are markers of virulence

• Phillip N. Anderson,

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

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Beth L. Hahn,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Ger Thao,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation School of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Molly Sue Johnson,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Alexandre Giraud-Gatineau,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Biology of Spirochetes Unit, Paris, France

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• Yan Gao,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Division of Biostatistics, Data Science Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Mathieu Picardeau,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Biology of Spirochetes Unit, Paris, France

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• Jenifer Coburn,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Matthew C. Surdel

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: msurdel@mcw.edu

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4925-2059

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