About the Authors
- Ajit A. Kulkarni
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Affiliations The Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Lung Biology and Disease Program, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America
- Thomas H. Thatcher
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Affiliations The Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Lung Biology and Disease Program, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America
- Hsi-Min Hsiao
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America
- Keith C. Olsen
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Affiliations The Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Lung Biology and Disease Program, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America
- Robert Matthew Kottmann
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Affiliations The Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Lung Biology and Disease Program, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America
- Jason Morrissette
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Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America
- Terry W. Wright
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America
- Richard P. Phipps
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Affiliations The Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Lung Biology and Disease Program, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester New York, United States of America
- Patricia J. Sime
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* E-mail: Patricia_Sime@urmc.rochester.edu
Affiliations The Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Lung Biology and Disease Program, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester New York, United States of America
Competing Interests
Thomas Thatcher is an academic editor for PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AAK THT KCO RPP PJS. Performed the experiments: AAK KCO HH RMK. Analyzed the data: AAK THT PJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PJS TWW. Wrote the paper: AAK THT RPP PJS. Statistical analysis: AAK JM. Assistance with lung function tests: TWW.