About the Authors
- Guoyun Bai
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Affiliation Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Pawel Gajer
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Affiliations Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Melissa Nandy
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Affiliation Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Bing Ma
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Affiliation Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Hongqiu Yang
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Affiliation Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Joyce Sakamoto
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Current address: Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, The Huck Institutes for the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Affiliations Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- May H. Blanchard
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Affiliation Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Jacques Ravel
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Affiliations Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Rebecca M. Brotman
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* E-mail: rbrotman@som.umaryland.edu
Affiliations Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RMB JR GB MHB. Performed the experiments: GB HY JS MN. Analyzed the data: PG BM RMB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JR PG MHB. Wrote the paper: GB PG BM JR RMB.