Splenic macrophages are required for protective innate immunity against West Nile virus

• Marianne A. Bryan,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

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• Daniela Giordano,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America, The Center for Innate Immunity and Immune Disease, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

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• Kevin E. Draves,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America, The Center for Innate Immunity and Immune Disease, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

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• Richard Green,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization

  Affiliations Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America, The Center for Innate Immunity and Immune Disease, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

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• Michael Gale Jr.,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America, The Center for Innate Immunity and Immune Disease, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

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• Edward A. Clark

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: eaclark@uw.edu

  Affiliations Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America, The Center for Innate Immunity and Immune Disease, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8061-5475

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