About the Authors
- Shigeki Nakamura
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
- Mikhail Shchepetov
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Ankur B. Dalia
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Sarah E. Clark
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Timothy F. Murphy
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America, Veterans Affairs Western New York Healthcare System, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
- Sanjay Sethi
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America, Veterans Affairs Western New York Healthcare System, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
- Janet R. Gilsdorf
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Affiliation Departments of Epidemiology, Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Arnold L. Smith
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Affiliation Center for Childhood Infections, Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Jeffery N. Weiser
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* E-mail: weiser@mail.med.upenn.edu
Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SN SEC JNW. Performed the experiments: SN MS SEC. Analyzed the data: SN SEC ALS JNW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ABD TFM SS JRG ALS. Wrote the paper: SN JNW.