About the Authors
- Jonathan F. Mosser
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Affiliation Center for American Indian Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Lindsay R. Grant
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* E-mail: lgrant@jhsph.edu (LRG); klobrien@jhsph.edu (KLO)
Affiliation Center for American Indian Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Eugene V. Millar
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Affiliation Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Robert C. Weatherholtz
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Affiliation Center for American Indian Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Delois M. Jackson
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Affiliation Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Bernard Beall
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Affiliation Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Mariddie J. Craig
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Affiliation White Mountain Apache Tribe, Whiteriver, Arizona, United States of America
- Raymond Reid
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Affiliation Center for American Indian Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Mathuram Santosham
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Affiliation Center for American Indian Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Katherine L. O'Brien
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* E-mail: lgrant@jhsph.edu (LRG); klobrien@jhsph.edu (KLO)
Affiliation Center for American Indian Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following potential conflicts to report: KLOB, LG, RW, RR, MS have received in the past year research grant support from Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). KLOB and MS have served on external expert committees for Sanofi-Pasteur, GSK and Merck. Co-author Bernard Beall is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. The authors confirm that their declarations in the conflict of interest section do not alter adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on data sharing and materials. All other authors have no conflicts to report.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KLO EVM RCW LRG MS RR. Performed the experiments: DMJ MJC. Analyzed the data: JFM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BB. Wrote the paper: JFM LRG KLO.