About the Authors

Ashley M. O'Brien

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Coralville, Iowa, United States of America

Blake M. Hanson

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Coralville, Iowa, United States of America

Sarah A. Farina

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Coralville, Iowa, United States of America

James Y. Wu

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Coralville, Iowa, United States of America

Jacob E. Simmering

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Coralville, Iowa, United States of America

Shylo E. Wardyn

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Coralville, Iowa, United States of America

Brett M. Forshey

Affiliations Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Coralville, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Marie E. Kulick

Affiliation Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

David B. Wallinga

Affiliation Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Tara C. Smith

tara-smith@uiowa.edu

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Coralville, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TCS MEK DBW. Performed the experiments: TCS AMO BMH SAF JYW JES SEW. Analyzed the data: TCS AMO MEK BMF. Wrote the paper: TCS AMO MEK DBW BMH SEW BMF.