About the Authors
- Irini Sereti
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* E-mail: isereti@niaid.nih.gov
Affiliation National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Jacob D. Estes
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Affiliation Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
- William L. Thompson
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Affiliation National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- David R. Morcock
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Affiliation Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
- Margaret A. Fischl
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Affiliation University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America
- Thérèse Croughs
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Affiliation Cytheris, Paris, France
- Stéphanie Beq
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Affiliation Cytheris, Paris, France
- Sylvie Lafaye de Micheaux
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Affiliation Cytheris, Paris, France
- Michael D. Yao
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Affiliation National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Alexander Ober
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Affiliation National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Eleanor M. P. Wilson
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Affiliation National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Ven Natarajan
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Affiliation Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
- Hiromi Imamichi
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Affiliation National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Mohamed R. Boulassel
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Current address: Department of Hematology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman.
Affiliation McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Michael M. Lederman
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Affiliation Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
- Jean-Pierre Routy
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¶JPR is the holder of Louis Lowenstein Chair in Hematology & Oncology, McGill University.
Affiliation McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Competing Interests
TC, SLdM and SB were Cytheris employees and shareholders at the time of the study conduct and completion; the remaining authors report no conflicts of interest. This does not alter our adherence to all PLoS Pathogens policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: IS JDE MML JPR. Performed the experiments: JDE WLT DRM SB HI VN EMPW MDY MRB. Analyzed the data: IS JDE WLT DRM HI VN EMPW SB TC SLdM AO MAF. Wrote the paper: IS JDE WLT DRM MAF TC SB SLdM MDY AO EMPW VN HI MRB MML JPR. Involved in the clinical care of participants: IS MAF AO TC SLdM MML JPR. Performed all the gut biopsies: MDY MRB. Monitored the study and managed all the data and the clinical database: TC SLdM.