Osteopontin plays a pivotal role in increasing severity of respiratory syncytial virus infection

• Viviana Sampayo-Escobar,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations James A Haley Veterans Affairs Hospital, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

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• Ryan Green,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

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• Michael B. Cheung,

  Roles Investigation, Validation

  Affiliations James A Haley Veterans Affairs Hospital, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

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• Raminder Bedi,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations James A Haley Veterans Affairs Hospital, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

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• Subhra Mohapatra ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: smohapa2@health.usf.edu (SM); smohapat@health.usf.edu (SSM)

  Affiliations James A Haley Veterans Affairs Hospital, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

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• Shyam S. Mohapatra

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: smohapa2@health.usf.edu (SM); smohapat@health.usf.edu (SSM)

  Affiliations James A Haley Veterans Affairs Hospital, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5838-0681

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