About the Authors
- Popchai Ngamskulrungroj
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Affiliations Molecular Microbiology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Yun Chang
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Affiliation Molecular Microbiology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Bryan Hansen
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Affiliation Electron Microscopy Unit, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America
- Cliff Bugge
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Affiliation FEI Company, Hillsboro, Oregon, United States of America
- Elizabeth Fischer
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Affiliation Electron Microscopy Unit, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America
- Kyung J. Kwon-Chung
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* E-mail: june_kwon-chung@nih.gov
Affiliation Molecular Microbiology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interest: Cliff Bugge is employed by a private company (FEI company). There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PN YC KJK. Performed the experiments: PN BH CB. Analyzed the data: PN YC BH CB EF KJK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CB EF KJK. Wrote the paper: PN YC BH EF KJK.