Commensal–Pathogen Interactions along the Human Nasal Passages

Silvio D. Brugger; Lindsey Bomar; Katherine P. Lemon

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1005633

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Commensal–Pathogen Interactions along the Human Nasal Passages

Silvio D. Brugger ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Silvio D. Brugger, Lindsey Bomar

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Lindsey Bomar ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Silvio D. Brugger, Lindsey Bomar

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Katherine P. Lemon

* E-mail: klemon@forsyth.org

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Commensal–Pathogen Interactions along the Human Nasal Passages

Silvio D. Brugger,
Lindsey Bomar,
Katherine P. Lemon

Published: July 7, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005633

About the Authors

Silvio D. Brugger

Contributed equally to this work with: Silvio D. Brugger, Lindsey Bomar

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Lindsey Bomar

Contributed equally to this work with: Silvio D. Brugger, Lindsey Bomar

Katherine P. Lemon

* E-mail: klemon@forsyth.org

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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