About the Authors

Ran D. Balicer

rbalicer@netvision.net.il

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel, Clalit Health Services, Clalit Research Institute, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Christina L. Catlett

Affiliations Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Daniel J. Barnett

Affiliations Johns Hopkins Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Johns Hopkins Public Health Preparedness Programs, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Carol B. Thompson

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Edbert B. Hsu

Affiliations Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Melinda J. Morton

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Natalie L. Semon

Affiliations Johns Hopkins Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Johns Hopkins Public Health Preparedness Programs, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Christopher M. Watson

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Howard S. Gwon

Affiliation Office of Emergency Management, Johns Hopkins Health System, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Jonathan M. Links

Affiliations Johns Hopkins Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Johns Hopkins Public Health Preparedness Programs, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RDB CLC DJB. Performed the experiments: CLC EBH HSG CMW. Analyzed the data: CBT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RDB DJB CBT NLS JML. Wrote the paper: RDB MJM. Editing and reviewing for critical content: CLC DJB CBT EBH MJM NLS CMW HSG JML.