About the Authors
- E. Yaneth Osorio
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Current address: Center for Tropical Diseases, Departments of Internal Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, and Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
Affiliations Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Department of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
- Weiguo Zhao
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Affiliations Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Department of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
- Claudia Espitia
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Affiliations Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Department of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
- Omar Saldarriaga
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Current address: Center for Tropical Diseases, Departments of Internal Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, and Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
Affiliations Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
- Leo Hawel
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Affiliation Division of Biomedical Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California, United States of America
- Craig V. Byus
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Affiliation Division of Biomedical Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California, United States of America
- Bruno L. Travi
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Current address: Center for Tropical Diseases, Departments of Internal Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, and Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
Affiliations Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Department of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
- Peter C. Melby
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* E-mail: melby@uthscsa.edu
Current address: Center for Tropical Diseases, Departments of Internal Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, and Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
Affiliations Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Department of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: EYO OS LH CVB BLT PCM. Performed the experiments: EYO WZ CE LH BLT. Analyzed the data: EYO WZ CE LH CVB BLT PCM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LH CVB. Wrote the paper: EYO BLT PCM.