About the Authors
- Susan E. Ivie
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Christine M. Fennessey
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Jinsong Sheng
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Donald H. Rubin
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Affiliations Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Research Medicine, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Mark S. McClain
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* E-mail: mark.mcclain@vanderbilt.edu
Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
Competing Interests
DHR and MSM are inventors on an USA patent for the genes identified in this study (application submitted). Zirus, Inc. (of which Dr. Rubin is the scientific founder and and executive board member) has licensed the rights from Vanderbilt University. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors http://www.plosone.org/static/policies.action#sharing.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SEI CMF DHR MSM. Performed the experiments: SEI CMF JS MSM. Analyzed the data: SEI CMF DHR MSM. Wrote the paper: SEI CMF DHR MSM.