About the Authors
- Binhua Liang
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* E-mail: ben.liang@phac-aspc.gc.ca
Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Ma Luo
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Affiliations National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Joel Scott-Herridge
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Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Christina Semeniuk
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Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Mark Mendoza
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Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Rupert Capina
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Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Brent Sheardown
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Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Hezhao Ji
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Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Joshua Kimani
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Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Center for STD/HIV Research and Training, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
- Blake T. Ball
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Affiliations National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Gary Van Domselaar
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Affiliations National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Morag Graham
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Affiliations National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Shane Tyler
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Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Steven J. M. Jones
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Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Francis A. Plummer
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Affiliations National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: BL ML. Performed the experiments: JSH CS MM RC BS GVD MG ST. Analyzed the data: BL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FP SJ BB. Wrote the paper: BL ML HJ JK BB GVD SJ FP.