MPL36, a major plasminogen (PLG) receptor in pathogenic Leptospira, has an essential role during infection

• Weinan Zhu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Weinan Zhu, Felipe J. Passalia

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Xin Hua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

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• Felipe J. Passalia ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Weinan Zhu, Felipe J. Passalia

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Laboratory of Vaccine Development, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Camila Hamond,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: National Veterinary Services Laboratories, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), U.S. Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

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• Cecília M. Abe,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Albert I. Ko,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Gonçalo Moniz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation; Brazilian Ministry of Health; Salvador, Brazil

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• Angela S. Barbosa,

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

  Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Elsio A. Wunder Jr.

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

  * E-mail: elsio.wunder@yale.edu

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Gonçalo Moniz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation; Brazilian Ministry of Health; Salvador, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5239-8511

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