About the Authors

Vasilios Pyrgos

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Amy E. Seitz

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Claudia A. Steiner

Affiliation Center for Delivery, Organization and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

D. Rebecca Prevots

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Peter R. Williamson

williamsonpr@mail.nih.gov

Affiliations Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VP AS PRW DRP. Performed the experiments: VP AS PRW DRP. Analyzed the data: VP AS PRW DRP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AS PRW DRP CAS. Wrote the paper: VP AS PRW DRP CAS.