About the Authors
- Volker Mai
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* E-mail: vmai@ufl.edu
Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health and Health Professions and College of Medicine and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Roberto Murgas Torrazza
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Affiliation From the Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Maria Ukhanova
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health and Health Professions and College of Medicine and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Xiaoyu Wang
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health and Health Professions and College of Medicine and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Yijun Sun
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America, Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
- Nan Li
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Affiliation From the Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Jonathan Shuster
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Affiliation Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Renu Sharma
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America
- Mark Lawrence Hudak
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America
- Josef Neu
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Affiliation From the Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflict: Dr. Joe Neu is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: VM RS MH JN JS. Performed the experiments: VM RS MH JN MU RMT XW YS NL. Analyzed the data: VM RS MH JN MU RMT XW YS JS NL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XW YS. Wrote the paper: VM RS MH JN MU RMT JS.