About the Authors
- Weidong Xu
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Affiliation Department of Biological Science and Border Biomedical Research Center, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States of America
- Douglas M. Watts
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Affiliation Department of Biological Science and Border Biomedical Research Center, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States of America
- Margaret C. Costanzo
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Affiliation Department of Biological Science and Border Biomedical Research Center, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States of America
- Xiaolei Tang
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Affiliation Department of Biological Science and Border Biomedical Research Center, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States of America
- Leon A. Venegas
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Affiliation Department of Biological Science and Border Biomedical Research Center, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States of America
- Feng Jiao
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Affiliation Department of Biological Science and Border Biomedical Research Center, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States of America
- Alessandro Sette
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Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- John Sidney
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Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Andrew K. Sewell
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Affiliation Institute of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, United Kingdom
- Linda Wooldridge
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Affiliation Institute of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, United Kingdom
- Shinji Makino
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- John C. Morrill
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Clarence J. Peters
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- June Kan-Mitchell
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* E-mail: jkanmitchell@utep.edu
Affiliation Department of Biological Science and Border Biomedical Research Center, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States of America
Competing Interests
Co-author Dr. Douglas M. Watts 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. The authors have also reviewed the authors’ declaration of potential competing interests for the re-submission according to PLOS ONE policy. All authors declared no competing interests.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JK-M WX DMW MCC XT. Performed the experiments: WX MCC DMW LAV XT FJ JS. Analyzed the data: WX MCC DMW JCM XT JK-M. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JS AS SM JCM AKS LW CJP. Wrote the paper: WX MCC JK-M.