Identification and Characterization of msf, a Novel Virulence Factor in Haemophilus influenzae

• Jennifer M. Kress-Bennett,

  Affiliations Center for Genomic Sciences, Allegheny Singer Research Institute, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• N. Luisa Hiller,

  Affiliations Center for Genomic Sciences, Allegheny Singer Research Institute, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Rory A. Eutsey,

  Affiliation Center for Genomic Sciences, Allegheny Singer Research Institute, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Evan Powell,

  Affiliation Center for Genomic Sciences, Allegheny Singer Research Institute, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Mark J. Longwell,

  Affiliation Center for Genomic Sciences, Allegheny Singer Research Institute, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Todd Hillman,

  Affiliation Center for Genomic Sciences, Allegheny Singer Research Institute, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Tenisha Blackwell,

  Affiliation Center for Genomic Sciences, Allegheny Singer Research Institute, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Barbara Byers,

  Affiliation Center for Genomic Sciences, Allegheny Singer Research Institute, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Joshua C. Mell,

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Genomic Sciences, Institute for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Disease, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• J. Christopher Post,

  Affiliations Center for Genomic Sciences, Allegheny Singer Research Institute, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine, Allegheny Campus, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Fen Z. Hu,

  Affiliations Center for Genomic Sciences, Allegheny Singer Research Institute, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine, Allegheny Campus, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Garth D. Ehrlich,

  Affiliations Center for Genomic Sciences, Allegheny Singer Research Institute, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Genomic Sciences, Institute for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Disease, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine, Allegheny Campus, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Benjamin A. Janto

  * E-mail: bjanto@drexelmed.edu

  Affiliations Center for Genomic Sciences, Allegheny Singer Research Institute, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Genomic Sciences, Institute for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Disease, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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