Initial acquisition and succession of the cystic fibrosis lung microbiome is associated with disease progression in infants and preschool children

• Marianne S. Muhlebach ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Marianne S. Muhlebach, Bryan T. Zorn

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Marsico Lung Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6391-1598

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• Bryan T. Zorn ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Marianne S. Muhlebach, Bryan T. Zorn

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Marsico Lung Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Charles R. Esther,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration

  Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Marsico Lung Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Joseph E. Hatch,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Current address: Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

  Affiliation Marsico Lung Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Conor P. Murray,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Subiaco, Australia

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• Lidija Turkovic,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

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• Sarath C. Ranganathan,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliations Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Australia, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Australia

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• Richard C. Boucher,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Marsico Lung Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Stephen M. Stick,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Respiratory Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Subiaco, Australia, Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5386-8482

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• Matthew C. Wolfgang

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: matthew_wolfgang@med.unc.edu

  Affiliations Marsico Lung Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4534-6470

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