Differences in SpeB protease activity among group A streptococci associated with superficial, invasive, and autoimmune disease

• Anhphan T. Ly ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Anhphan T. Ly, John P. Noto

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

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• John P. Noto ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Anhphan T. Ly, John P. Noto

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

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• Odaelys L. Walwyn,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

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• Robert R. Tanz,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• Stanford T. Shulman,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• William Kabat,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• Debra E. Bessen

  * E-mail: debra_bessen@nymc.edu

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8061-7750

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