About the Authors
- Carla J. Walraven
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Affiliations Section of Infectious Diseases, New Mexico Veterans Healthcare System, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of New Mexico Health Science Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
- Wendy Gerstein
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Affiliations Section of Infectious Diseases, New Mexico Veterans Healthcare System, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of New Mexico Health Science Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
- Sarah E. Hardison
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Affiliation Department of Biology, South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
- Floyd Wormley
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Affiliation Department of Biology, South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
- Shawn R. Lockhart
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Affiliation Mycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Julie R. Harris
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Affiliation Mycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Annette Fothergill
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
- Brian Wickes
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
- Julie Gober-Wilcox
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Affiliation Section of Infectious Diseases, New Mexico Veterans Healthcare System, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
- Larry Massie
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Affiliation Section of Infectious Diseases, New Mexico Veterans Healthcare System, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
- T. S. Neil Ku
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Affiliations Section of Infectious Diseases, New Mexico Veterans Healthcare System, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of New Mexico Health Science Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
- Carolina Firacative
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Affiliation Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Millennium Institute, Sydney Medical School - Westmead Hospital, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Wieland Meyer
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Affiliation Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Millennium Institute, Sydney Medical School - Westmead Hospital, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Samuel A. Lee
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* E-mail: SamALee@salud.unm.edu
Affiliations Section of Infectious Diseases, New Mexico Veterans Healthcare System, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of New Mexico Health Science Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SH FW S. Lockhart JH CF WM. Performed the experiments: SH FW S. Lockhart JH CF WM. Analyzed the data: SH FW S. Lockhart JH CF WM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SH FW S. Lockhart JH CF WM AF BW. Wrote the paper: CW S. Lee TSNK WG JG-W LM S. Lockhart JH WM. Performed autopsy and histologic analyses: JG-W LM.