About the Authors
- Raghavan Sampathkumar
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Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Harold O. Peters
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Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Lillian Mendoza
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Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Thomas Bielawny
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Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Elizabeth Ngugi
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Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
- Joshua Kimani
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Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
- Charles Wachihi
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Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
- Francis A. Plummer
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Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Ma Luo
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* E-mail: Ma.Luo@phac-aspc.gc.ca
Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ML. Performed the experiments: HOP LM TB. Analyzed the data: RS HOP ML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JK CW EN FAP ML. Wrote the paper: RS HOP ML.