About the Authors
- Zeus Saldaña
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Contributed equally to this work with: Zeus Saldaña, Miguel A. De la Cruz
Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Miguel A. De la Cruz
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Contributed equally to this work with: Zeus Saldaña, Miguel A. De la Cruz
Current address: Unidad de Investigación Médica en Enfermedades Infecciosas y Parasitarias, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI-IMSS, Mexico City, Mexico
Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Erika Margarita Carrillo-Casas
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Affiliation Departamento de Ecología de Agentes Patógenos, Hospital General Dr. Manuel Gea González, Tlalpan, Mexico City, México
- Laura Durán
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Yushan Zhang
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Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Rigoberto Hernández-Castro
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Affiliation Departamento de Ecología de Agentes Patógenos, Hospital General Dr. Manuel Gea González, Tlalpan, Mexico City, México
- José L. Puente
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Affiliation Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
- Yehia Daaka
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Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Jorge A. Girón
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* E-mail: jagiron@ufl.edu
Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JAG YD JLP. Performed the experiments: ZS MAD LD YZ EMCC RH. Analyzed the data: JAG YD JLP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAG YD. Wrote the paper: JAG.