About the Authors
- Xiyuan Bai
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Contributed equally to this work with: Xiyuan Bai, Nicole E. Feldman
* E-mail: baix@njhealth.org (XB); chane@njhealth.org (EDC)
Affiliations Department of Medicine, Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Departments of Medicine and Academic Affairs, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
- Nicole E. Feldman
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Contributed equally to this work with: Xiyuan Bai, Nicole E. Feldman
Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Academic Affairs, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America
- Kathryn Chmura
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Affiliations Departments of Medicine and Academic Affairs, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
- Alida R. Ovrutsky
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Affiliations Departments of Medicine and Academic Affairs, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
- Wen-Lin Su
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital; National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Laura Griffin
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
- Dohun Pyeon
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
- Mischa T. McGibney
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Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Academic Affairs, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America
- Matthew J. Strand
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Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Academic Affairs, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America
- Mari Numata
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Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Academic Affairs, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America
- Seiji Murakami
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Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Academic Affairs, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America
- Loretta Gaido
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Affiliation Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado, United States of America
- Jennifer R. Honda
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Affiliations Departments of Medicine and Academic Affairs, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
- William H. Kinney
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Affiliations Departments of Medicine and Academic Affairs, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
- Rebecca E. Oberley-Deegan
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Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Academic Affairs, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America
- Dennis R. Voelker
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Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Academic Affairs, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America
- Diane J. Ordway
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
- Edward D. Chan
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* E-mail: baix@njhealth.org (XB); chane@njhealth.org (EDC)
Affiliations Department of Medicine, Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Departments of Medicine and Academic Affairs, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
Competing Interests
The Authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: XB EDC. Performed the experiments: XB NEF KC MTM SM. Analyzed the data: XB ARO WLS MJS MN EDC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: L. Gaido DP L. Griffin JRH REO. Wrote the paper: XB ARO L. Griffin JRH WHK DRV DJO EDC.