About the Authors
- Taslima T. Lina
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States Of America
- Shatha Alzahrani
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States Of America
- Jennifer House
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States Of America
- Yoshio Yamaoka
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States Of America
- Arlene H. Sharpe
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States Of America
- Bill A. Rampy
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States Of America
- Irina V. Pinchuk
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* E-mail: vreyes@utmb.edu (VER); ivpinchu@utmb.edu (IVP)
Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States Of America, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States Of America
- Victor E. Reyes
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* E-mail: vreyes@utmb.edu (VER); ivpinchu@utmb.edu (IVP)
Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States Of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States Of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TTL SA JH IVP VER. Performed the experiments: TTL SA JH. Analyzed the data: TTL SA JH BAR IVP VER. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AHS YY IVP VER. Wrote the paper: TTL IVP VER.