Jiménez-Truque, Natalia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3065-9127
Saye, Elizabeth J.
Soper, Nicole
Saville, Benjamin R.
Thomsen, Isaac
Edwards, Kathryn M.
Creech, C. Buddy
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (K23-AI074830)
National Center for Research Resources (UL1 RR024975-01)
Article History
First Online: 31 August 2016
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: CBC has received research grants from Pfizer, Inc. for <i>S. aureus</i> vaccine research; Novartis Vaccines for <i>S. aureus</i> immune response studies; and Diatherix Laboratories for <i>S. aureus</i> diagnostic assays. Authors NJT, EJS, NS, BRS, IPT, and KME declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
: This work was supported by the Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health [K23-AI074830] to CBC; the National Center for Research Resources [UL1 RR024975-01], and is now at the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences [UL1 TR000445-06]. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.
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