Selection for Phase Variation of LOS Biosynthetic Genes Frequently Occurs in Progression of Non-Typeable Haemophilus influenzae Infection from the Nasopharynx to the Middle Ear of Human Patients

• Kate L. Fox ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kate L. Fox, John M. Atack

  Affiliation School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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• John M. Atack ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kate L. Fox, John M. Atack

  Affiliation Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

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• Yogitha N. Srikhanta,

  Current address: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  Affiliation Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

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• Anja Eckert,

  Affiliation School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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• Laura A. Novotny,

  Affiliation Centre for Microbial Pathogenesis, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

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• Lauren O. Bakaletz,

  Affiliation Centre for Microbial Pathogenesis, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

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• Michael P. Jennings

  * E-mail: m.jennings@griffith.edu.au

  Affiliation Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

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