About the Authors
- Uma S. Gautam
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Affiliation Division of Bacteriology and Parasitology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, Louisiana, United States of America
- Smriti Mehra
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, Louisiana, United States of America
- Muhammad H. Ahsan
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Affiliation Division of Bacteriology and Parasitology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, Louisiana, United States of America
- Xavier Alvarez
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Affiliation Department of Comparative Pathology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, Louisiana, United States of America
- Tianhua Niu
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Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
- Deepak Kaushal
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* E-mail: dkaushal@tulane.edu
Affiliations Division of Bacteriology and Parasitology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, Louisiana, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
Competing Interests
DK serves as an academic editor for PLOS ONE but this does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DK USG. Performed the experiments: USG MHA XA. Analyzed the data: USG SM TN DK. Wrote the paper: DK USG.