About the Authors
- Ahmed R. El-Awady
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Affiliation Department of Periodontics, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
- Brodie Miles
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
- Elizabeth Scisci
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Affiliation School of Dental Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America
- Zoya B. Kurago
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Affiliation Department of Oral Health and Diagnostic Sciences, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
- Chithra D. Palani
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Affiliation Department of Oral Health and Diagnostic Sciences, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
- Roger M. Arce
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Affiliation Department of Periodontics, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
- Jennifer L. Waller
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Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
- Caroline A. Genco
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Connie Slocum
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Matthew Manning
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Affiliation Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
- Patricia V. Schoenlein
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Affiliation Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
- Christopher W. Cutler
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* E-mail: chcutler@gru.edu
Affiliation Department of Periodontics, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AREA PVS CWC. Performed the experiments: AREA BM ES CDP MM PVS CWC. Analyzed the data: AREA ZBK RMA JLW CWC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AREA ZBK JLW PVS CWC. Wrote the paper: AREA CAG CS CWC.