Following publication of the Expression of Concern on this article [1,2], author HE provided an updated Figshare link for access to the original data files supporting this article’s [1] results.
The updated Data Availability statement reads:
The link to our data is: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.31558558. Nucleotide sequencing data has been uploaded to NCBI under BioProject PRJNA930766.
With this Correction, the PLOS Pathogens Editors consider the concerns underlying the Expression of Concern [2] resolved.
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