About the Authors
- Joel W. Graff
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Iowa City Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Linda S. Powers
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Anne M. Dickson
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Current address: Life Technologies, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Jongkwang Kim
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Anna C. Reisetter
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Ihab H. Hassan
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Karol Kremens
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Thomas J. Gross
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Mary E. Wilson
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Contributed equally to this work with: Mary E. Wilson, Martha M. Monick
Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Iowa City Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Martha M. Monick
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Contributed equally to this work with: Mary E. Wilson, Martha M. Monick
* E-mail: martha-monick@uiowa.edu
Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflicts. Author A.D. is now employed at Life Technologies. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JG TG MW MM. Performed the experiments: LP AD AR IH KK. Analyzed the data: JG AD JK MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JK. Wrote the paper: JG MW MM.