About the Authors
- Julian A. Villalba
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* E-mail: jvn1987@gmail.com
Affiliations Dirección Regional de Salud Estado Delta Amacuro, Tucupita, Venezuela, Laboratorio de Tuberculosis, Instituto de Biomedicina, Caracas, Venezuela, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
- Yushi Liu
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Affiliation Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
- Mauyuri K. Alvarez
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Affiliation Escuela de Medicina José María Vargas, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
- Luisana Calderon
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Affiliation Escuela de Medicina José María Vargas, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
- Merari Canache
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Affiliation Escuela de Medicina José María Vargas, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
- Gaudymar Cardenas
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Affiliation Escuela de Medicina José María Vargas, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
- Berenice Del Nogal
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Affiliations Escuela de Medicina José María Vargas, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela, Departamento de Pediatría, Hospital de Niños “J.M. de los Ríos”, Caracas, Venezuela
- Howard E. Takiff
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Affiliation Laboratorio de Genética Molecular, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Caracas, Venezuela
- Jacobus H. De Waard
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Affiliation Laboratorio de Tuberculosis, Instituto de Biomedicina, Caracas, Venezuela
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JAV JHW BDN. Analyzed the data: JAV YL HET JHW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAV JHW BDN. Wrote the manuscript: JAV HET JHW YL. Critical revision of the article for important intellectual content : JAV HET JHW YL BDN MKA LC MC GC. Obtained approvals of the research and permissions for publication: JAV. Presented written reports of the study to health authorities: JAV. Acquisition of data: JAV MKA LC MC GC BDN.