About the Authors

Maureen Miller

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Heather A. Cook

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, New York, United States of America

E. Yoko Furuya

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, New York, United States of America

Meera Bhat

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, New York, United States of America

Mei-Ho Lee

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, New York, United States of America

Peter Vavagiakis

Affiliation Panna Technologies, Inc., Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Paul Visintainer

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Glenny Vasquez

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, New York, United States of America

Elaine Larson

Affiliation School of Nursing, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Franklin D. Lowy

fl189@columbia.edu

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MM HAC EYF PV EL FDL. Performed the experiments: HAC EYF MB MHL GV. Analyzed the data: MM HAC MB PV PV FDL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MHL. Wrote the paper: MM EYF PV EL FDL.