A Multiplex PCR/LDR Assay for the Simultaneous Identification of Category A Infectious Pathogens: Agents of Viral Hemorrhagic Fever and Variola Virus

• Sanchita Das,

  Current address: Department of Infectious Disease Research, North Shore University Health System, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America.

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Mark S. Rundell,

  Current address: Beckman Coulter, Chaska, Minnesota, United States of America.

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Aashiq H. Mirza,

  Current address: Center for non-coding RNA in Technology and Health (RTH), University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Maneesh R. Pingle,

  Current address: Coferon, Inc., Stony Brook, New York, United States of America.

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Kristi Shigyo,

  Current address: Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America.

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Aura R. Garrison,

  Affiliation United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

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• Jason Paragas,

  Affiliation Integrated Research Facility, Division of Clinical Research, NIAID, NIH, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America

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• Scott K. Smith,

  Affiliation Poxvirus Team, Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center of Emerging Zoonotic and Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Victoria A. Olson,

  Affiliation Poxvirus Team, Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center of Emerging Zoonotic and Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Davise H. Larone,

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, United States of America

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• Eric D. Spitzer,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

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• Francis Barany,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Linnie M. Golightly

  * E-mail: lgolight@med.cornell.edu

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America

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