About the Authors
- Hezhao Ji
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Affiliation National HIV & Retrovirology Laboratories, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
- Yang Li
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Affiliation National HIV & Retrovirology Laboratories, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
- Binhua Liang
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Affiliations Bioinformatics Core, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
- Richard Pilon
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Affiliation National HIV & Retrovirology Laboratories, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
- Paul MacPherson
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada
- Michèle Bergeron
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Affiliation National HIV & Retrovirology Laboratories, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
- John Kim
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Affiliation National HIV & Retrovirology Laboratories, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
- Morag Graham
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Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, Genomics Core Facility, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada
- Gary Van Domselaar
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Affiliation Bioinformatics Core, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada
- Paul Sandstrom
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Affiliation National HIV & Retrovirology Laboratories, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
- James Brooks
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* E-mail: james_brooks@phac-aspc.gc.ca
Affiliation National HIV & Retrovirology Laboratories, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Competing Interests
PS, a co-author of this manuscript, is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member and the authors confirm that 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: HJ PS JB. Performed the experiments: HJ YL MB JK MG. Analyzed the data: HJ YL BL GVD JB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BL PM RP GVD. Wrote the paper: HJ PS JB.