About the Authors
- Wai Yee Phong
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Affiliations Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases, Singapore, Singapore, Department of Microbiology, Immunology Programme, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Life Sciences Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Wenwei Lin
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology Programme, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Life Sciences Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), CREATE NUS Campus, Singapore, Singapore
- Srinivasa P. S. Rao
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Affiliation Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases, Singapore, Singapore
- Thomas Dick
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Current address: Department of Microbiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Affiliation Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases, Singapore, Singapore
- Sylvie Alonso
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* E-mail: micas@nus.edu.sg
Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology Programme, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Life Sciences Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), CREATE NUS Campus, Singapore, Singapore
- Kevin Pethe
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Current address: Institute Pasteur-Korea, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
Affiliation Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases, Singapore, Singapore
Competing Interests
WYP, SPSR, TD and KP are employed by Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases. Sylvie Alonso is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. The authors confirm that this does not alter their adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: WYP SA KP. Performed the experiments: WYP WL. Analyzed the data: WYP TD SA KP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SPSR. Wrote the paper: WYP SA KP.