About the Authors
- Maria Miragaia
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Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (ITQB/UNL), Oeiras, Portugal
- Herminia de Lencastre
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Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (ITQB/UNL), Oeiras, Portugal, Laboratory of Microbiology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America
- Francoise Perdreau-Remington
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Henry F. Chambers
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Julie Higashi
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Affiliation Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Paul M. Sullam
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Affiliation Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Jessica Lin
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
- Kester I. Wong
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
- Katherine A. King
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
- Michael Otto
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Affiliation Laboratory of Human Bacterial Pathogenesis, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- George F. Sensabaugh
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
- Binh An Diep
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* E-mail: bdiep@medsfgh.ucsf.edu
Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HdL GFS BAD. Performed the experiments: MM JH JL KIW KAK BAD. Analyzed the data: MM HdL JH PS JL KIW KAK GFS BAD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM HdL FPR HFC PS MO GFS BAD. Wrote the paper: MM HdL BAD.