About the Authors
- Eric L. Brown
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Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease, Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, United States of America
- Jennifer E. Below
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Affiliation Human Genetics Center, Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America
- Rebecca S. B. Fischer
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Current address: Baylor College of Medicine, National School of Tropical Medicine, Section of Tropical Medicine, Houston, TX, United States of America
Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease, Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, United States of America
- Heather T. Essigmann
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Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease, Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, United States of America
- Hao Hu
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America
- Chad Huff
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America
- D. Ashley Robinson
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, United States of America
- Lauren E. Petty
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Affiliation Human Genetics Center, Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America
- David Aguilar
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Affiliation Winters Center for Heart Failure Research and Section of Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States of America
- Graeme I. Bell
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Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Human Genetics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, United States of America
- Craig L. Hanis
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* E-mail: craig.l.hanis@uth.tmc.edu
Affiliation Human Genetics Center, Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ELB CLH. Performed the experiments: ELB CLH HTE RSF. Analyzed the data: ELB JEB HTE RSF CH HH LEP GIB CLH DA DAR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ELB CLH JEB CH HH DAR. Wrote the paper: ELB JEB CLH HH CH DAR RSF HTE.