About the Authors
- Turki Abujamel
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Affiliation Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Jennifer L. Cadnum
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Affiliation Research Service, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
- Lucy A. Jury
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Affiliation Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
- Venkata C. K. Sunkesula
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
- Sirisha Kundrapu
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
- Robin L. Jump
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Affiliation Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
- Alain C. Stintzi
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* E-mail: astintzi@uottawa.ca (AS); curtisd123@yahoo.com (CJD)
Affiliation Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Curtis J. Donskey
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* E-mail: astintzi@uottawa.ca (AS); curtisd123@yahoo.com (CJD)
Affiliations Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors received funding for the study from ViroPharma, Incorporated. 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: AS CJD. Performed the experiments: TA JLC LAJ VCKS SK. Analyzed the data: VCKS SK RLJ AS CJD. Wrote the manuscript: TA JLC AS CJD.