About the Authors
- Guoku Hu
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Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
- Ai-Yu Gong
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Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
- Amanda L. Roth
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Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
- Bing Q. Huang
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Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
- Honorine D. Ward
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Affiliation Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Guan Zhu
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Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
- Nicholas F. LaRusso
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Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
- Nancy D. Hanson
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Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
- Xian-Ming Chen
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* E-mail: xianmingchen@creighton.edu
Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GH AYG ALR NDH XMC. Performed the experiments: GH AYG ALR BQH. Analyzed the data: GH AYG ALR NDH XMC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HDW GZ NFL. Wrote the paper: GH XMC.