About the Authors
- Fanping Kong
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Contributed equally to this work with: Fanping Kong, Omar A. Saldarriaga
Affiliations Bioinformatics Program, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Omar A. Saldarriaga
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Contributed equally to this work with: Fanping Kong, Omar A. Saldarriaga
Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Heidi Spratt
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* E-mail: pcmelby@utmb.edu (PCM); hespratt@utmb.edu (HS)
Affiliations Bioinformatics Program, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- E. Yaneth Osorio
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Bruno L. Travi
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Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Center for Tropical Diseases and Institute for Human Infection and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Bruce A. Luxon
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Affiliations Bioinformatics Program, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Peter C. Melby
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* E-mail: pcmelby@utmb.edu (PCM); hespratt@utmb.edu (HS)
Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Center for Tropical Diseases and Institute for Human Infection and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: OAS EYO BLT PCM. Data curation: FK OAS HS BAL PCM. Formal analysis: FK OAS HS EYO PCM. Funding acquisition: PCM. Investigation: FK OAS EYO. Methodology: FK OAS HS EYO BLT BAL PCM. Project administration: FK OAS HS PCM. Supervision: HS BAL PCM. Validation: FK OAS HS EYO PCM. Visualization: FK OAS EYO PCM. Writing – original draft: FK OAS PCM. Writing – review & editing: FK OAS HS EYO BLT PCM.