Streptolysin S is required for Streptococcus pyogenes nasopharyngeal and skin infection in HLA-transgenic mice

• Blake A. Shannon,

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

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

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• Jacklyn R. Hurst,

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

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

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• Ronald S. Flannagan,

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

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

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• Heather C. Craig,

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

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

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• Aanchal Rishi,

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

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

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• Katherine J. Kasper,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

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• Stephen W. Tuffs,

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

  Current address: Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

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• David E. Heinrichs,

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

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

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• John K. McCormick

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

  * E-mail: john.mccormick@uwo.ca

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3742-7289

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