About the Authors
- Alex T. Nielsen
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Nadia A. Dolganov
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Thomas Rasmussen
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Affiliation Technical University of Denmark, Department of Systems Biology, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
- Glen Otto
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Affiliation Department of Comparative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Michael C. Miller
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Stephen A. Felt
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Affiliation Department of Comparative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Stéphanie Torreilles
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Affiliation Department of Comparative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Gary K. Schoolnik
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* E-mail: Gary.Schoolnik@stanford.edu
Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ATN NAD GKS. Performed the experiments: ATN NAD TR GO SAF ST. Analyzed the data: ATN NAD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ATN NAD MCM. Wrote the paper: ATN GKS. Involved in performing all rabbit experiments and transcriptional analysis, and the first to identify the localized and significant expression of virulence genes in the mucus during infection: NAD.