An integrated experimental-computational approach for predicting virulence in New Zealand white rabbits and humans following inhalation exposure to Bacillus anthracis spores

• Becky M. Hess ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Becky M. Hess, Dennis G. Thomas

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: becky.hess@pnnl.gov

  Affiliation Chemical and Biological Signature Sciences, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1093-5478

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• Dennis G. Thomas ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Becky M. Hess, Dennis G. Thomas

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

  Affiliation Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States of America

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• Thomas J. Weber,

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

  Affiliation Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States of America

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• Janine R. Hutchison,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Chemical and Biological Signature Sciences, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States of America

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• Timothy M. Straub,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation

  Affiliation Chemical and Biological Signature Sciences, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States of America

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• Cynthia J. Bruckner-Lea,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Chemical and Biological Signature Sciences, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States of America

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• Joshua D. Powell,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Current address: USDA-ARS National Animal Disease Center, Ames, IA, United States of America

  Affiliation Chemical and Biological Signature Sciences, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States of America

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• Senthil Kabilan,

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

  Current address: EMD Serono, Billerica, MA, United States of America

  Affiliation Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States of America

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• Richard A. Corley

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Current address: Greek Creek Toxicokinetics Consulting, LLC, Boise, ID, United States of America

  Affiliation Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States of America

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