About the Authors
- Françoise Portaels
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* E-mail: portaels@itg.be
Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Wayne M. Meyers
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Affiliation Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D.C., United States of America
- Anthony Ablordey
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Affiliations Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen, Belgium, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana
- António G. Castro
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Affiliation Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
- Karim Chemlal
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Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Pim de Rijk
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Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Pierre Elsen
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Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Krista Fissette
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Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Alexandra G. Fraga
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Affiliation Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
- Richard Lee
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Engy Mahrous
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Pamela L. C. Small
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Pieter Stragier
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Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Egídio Torrado
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Affiliation Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
- Anita Van Aerde
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Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Manuel T. Silva
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Affiliation Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Jorge Pedrosa
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Affiliation Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: FP MS JP. Performed the experiments: FP WM AA AC KC PdR PE KF AF RL EM PS ET AVA. Analyzed the data: FP WM AA AC KC PE AF RL EM PLCS PS ET MS JP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RL EM PLCS. Wrote the paper: FP WM MS JP.