Clumping factor B is an important virulence factor during Staphylococcus aureus skin infection and a promising vaccine target

• Keenan A. Lacey,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Host-Pathogen Interactions Group, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, Department of Microbiology, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, School of Genetics and Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9242-0170

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• Michelle E. Mulcahy,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Host-Pathogen Interactions Group, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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• Aisling M. Towell,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, School of Genetics and Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5918-8114

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• Joan A. Geoghegan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, School of Genetics and Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3788-0668

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• Rachel M. McLoughlin

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rachel.mcloughlin@tcd.ie

  Affiliation Host-Pathogen Interactions Group, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4553-018X

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