About the Authors

Justin R. Ortiz

jrortiz@u.washington.edu

Affiliation University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Hong Zhou

Affiliations Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Atlanta Research and Education Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

David K. Shay

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Kathleen M. Neuzil

Affiliation PATH, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Ashley L. Fowlkes

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Christopher H. Goss

Affiliation University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JO. Performed the experiments: JO HZ. Analyzed the data: JO HZ AF DS KN CG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JO DS KN CG. Wrote the paper: JO HZ AF DS KN CG.