About the Authors

Erik Kvam

Affiliations Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University at Albany, Albany, New York, United States of America

Brent L. Nannenga

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Min S. Wang

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Zongjian Jia

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Michael R. Sierks

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Anne Messer

messer@wadsworth.org

Affiliations Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University at Albany, Albany, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EK BLN MRS AM. Performed the experiments: EK BLN MSW ZJ. Analyzed the data: EK BLN MSW ZJ MRS AM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MRS. Wrote the paper: EK AM.