About the Authors
- Andreia N. Horácio
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Affiliation Instituto de Microbiologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Joana P. Lopes
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Affiliation Instituto de Microbiologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Mário Ramirez
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* E-mail: ramirez@fm.ul.pt
Affiliation Instituto de Microbiologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- José Melo-Cristino
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Affiliation Instituto de Microbiologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- for the Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections
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¶Membership of the Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections is provided in the Acknowledgments.
Competing Interests
Dr. José Melo-Cristino has received research grants administered through his university and received honoraria for serving on the speakers bureaus of Pfizer, Bial, GlaxoSmithKline, and Novartis. Dr. Mário Ramirez has received honoraria for serving on the speakers bureau of Pfizer and for consulting for Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline. The other authors declare no conflict of interest. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JM MR. Performed the experiments: ANH JPL TPGSS. Analyzed the data: JM MR ANH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TPGSS. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JM MR ANH.