Examining the association between the gastrointestinal microbiota and Gulf War illness: A prospective cohort study

• Ashley Kates ,

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

  * E-mail: akates@medicine.wisc.edu

  Affiliations Research, William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3843-0615

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• Julie Keating,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research, William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Kelsey Baubie,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research, William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Nathan Putman-Buehler,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2398-2265

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• Lauren Watson,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliation SSM Health, St. Mary’s Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Jared Godfrey,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Research, William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Courtney L. Deblois,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Research, William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Bacteriology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Microbiology Doctoral Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Garret Suen,

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

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Dane B. Cook,

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

  Affiliations Research, William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• David Rabago,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Penn State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Ronald Gangnon,

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

  Affiliations Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Nasia Safdar

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Research, William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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