Orientia tsutsugamushi selectively stimulates the C-type lectin receptor Mincle and type 1-skewed proinflammatory immune responses

• James Fisher,

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

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Galen Card,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8561-2692

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• Yuejin Liang,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9557-1847

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• Brandon Trent,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4441-1779

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• Holly Rosenzweig,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation School of Medicine, Program in Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5636-1134

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• Lynn Soong

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

  * E-mail: lysoong@utmb.edu

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, 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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3370-3434

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