About the Authors
- Aaron S. DeVries
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* E-mail: aaron.devries@state.mn.us
Affiliation Minnesota Department of Health, Emerging Infections Program, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
- Lindsey Lesher
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Affiliation Minnesota Department of Health, Emerging Infections Program, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
- Patrick M. Schlievert
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
- Tyson Rogers
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Current address: Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management Clinical Research, Medtronic, Inc., Mounds View, Minnesota, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
- Lourdes G. Villaume
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Current address: Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group, Vista Medical Center, Chula Vista, California, United States of America
Affiliations Minnesota Department of Health, Emerging Infections Program, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
- Richard Danila
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Affiliation Minnesota Department of Health, Emerging Infections Program, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
- Ruth Lynfield
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Affiliation Minnesota Department of Health, Emerging Infections Program, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AD LL PS TR RD RL. Performed the experiments: AD LL TR LV PS. Analyzed the data: AD LL TR LV RD RL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AD LL PS TR. Wrote the paper: AD.