About the Authors
- Mingfu Liu
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America
- Lin Lin
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Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Teclegiorgis Gebremariam
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America
- Guanpingsheng Luo
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America
- Christopher D. Skory
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Affiliation National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Peoria, Illinois, United States of America
- Samuel W. French
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Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America, Department of Pathology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Tsui-Fen Chou
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Affiliation Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Harbor-University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center and Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Torrance, California, United States of America
- John E. Edwards Jr.
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Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Ashraf S. Ibrahim
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* E-mail: ibrahim@labiomed.org
Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ML ASI JEE. Performed the experiments: ML LL TG GL SWF TFC ASI. Analyzed the data: ML LL SWF ASI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CDS. Wrote the paper: ASI ML. Revised the manuscript: CDS JEE.