About the Authors
- Reagan G. Cox
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology, & Immunology, Division of Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Bernardo A. Mainou
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Monika Johnson
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Andrew K. Hastings
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology, & Immunology, Division of Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Jennifer E. Schuster
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
- Terence S. Dermody
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Affiliations Department of Pathology, Microbiology, & Immunology, Division of Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- John V. Williams
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* E-mail: jvw@chp.edu
Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Competing Interests
I have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: JVW serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of Quidel. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS Pathogens policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RGC BAM TSD JVW. Performed the experiments: RGC BAM MJ AKH JES JVW. Analyzed the data: RGC BAM MJ AKH JES TSD JVW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RGC BAM TSD JVW. Wrote the paper: RGC BAM MJ AKH JES TSD JVW.