About the Authors
- Nirjal Bhattarai
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Affiliations Research Service and, The Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, The Departments of Internal Medicine and Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- James H. McLinden
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Affiliations Research Service and, The Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, The Departments of Internal Medicine and Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Jinhua Xiang
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Affiliations Research Service and, The Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, The Departments of Internal Medicine and Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Thomas M. Kaufman
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Affiliations Research Service and, The Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, The Departments of Internal Medicine and Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Jack T. Stapleton
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* E-mail: jack-stapleton@uiowa.edu
Affiliations Research Service and, The Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, The Departments of Internal Medicine and Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
Competing Interests
I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Drs. Bhattarai, McLinden, Xiang, and Stapleton have patents or provisional patents related to the use of HCV E2 RNA or protein for therapeutic purposes. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: NB JHM TMK JX JTS. Performed the experiments: NB JHM TMK JX. Analyzed the data: NB JHM TMK JX JTS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NB JHM TMK JX JTS. Wrote the paper: NB JHM TMK JX JTS.