About the Authors

Frédéric F. Little

Contributed equally to this work with: Frédéric F. Little, Elizabeth C. Matsui

flittle@bu.edu (FL)

Affiliation Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Diana M. Delgado

Affiliation Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Philip J. Wexler

Affiliation Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Frank G. Oppenheim

Affiliation Department of Periodontology and Oral Biology, Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Patricia Mitchell

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

James A. Feldman

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

David R. Walt

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America

Roger D. Peng

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

Elizabeth C. Matsui

Contributed equally to this work with: Frédéric F. Little, Elizabeth C. Matsui

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FFL DMD PJW FGO PM JAF DRW ECM. Performed the experiments: FFL DMD PJW PM. Analyzed the data: FFL RDP ECM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FFL DMD PJW FGO PM RDP ECM. Wrote the paper: FFL DMD PJW FGO PM RDP ECM. Contributed critically to the intellectual development of the topic: FFL FGO DRW.