About the Authors
- Henry A. Choy
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* E-mail: hachoy@ucla.edu
Affiliations Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Research Service, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Melissa M. Kelley
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Affiliation Research Service, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Julio Croda
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Affiliations Goncalo Moniz Research Center, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brasilian Ministry of Health, Salvador, Bahia, Brasil, Faculty of Health Sciences, Federal University of Grande Dourados, Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil
- James Matsunaga
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Research Service, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Jane T. Babbitt
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Research Service, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Albert I. Ko
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Affiliations Goncalo Moniz Research Center, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brasilian Ministry of Health, Salvador, Bahia, Brasil, Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- Mathieu Picardeau
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Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Unite de Biologie des Spirochetes, Paris, France
- David A. Haake
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Urology and Department of Molecular Genetics, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HC JC JM JB AK MP DH. Performed the experiments: HC MK JC JM. Analyzed the data: HC MK JC AK MP DH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HC MK JC JM MP DH. Wrote the paper: HC.