About the Authors

Marla J. Keller

marla.keller@einstein.yu.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Colleen A. Carpenter

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Yungtai Lo

Affiliation Departments of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Mark H. Einstein

Affiliations Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Departments of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Congzhou Liu

Affiliation Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

David N. Fredricks

Affiliation Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Betsy C. Herold

Affiliations Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJK MHE BCH DNF. Performed the experiments: CAC CL. Analyzed the data: MK MHE YL DNF BCH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YL. Wrote the paper: MJK BCH.