About the Authors

Farrel J. Buchinsky

fjbuch@gmail.com

Affiliation Allegheny General Hospital, Allegheny-Singer Research Institute, Center for Genomic Sciences, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Joseph Donfack

Affiliation Allegheny General Hospital, Allegheny-Singer Research Institute, Center for Genomic Sciences, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Craig S. Derkay

Affiliation Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

Sukgi S. Choi

Affiliation Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States of America

Stephen F. Conley

Affiliation Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Charles M. Myer III

Affiliation Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

John E. McClay

Affiliation Children's Medical Center of Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Paolo Campisi

Affiliation The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Brian J. Wiatrak

Affiliation Children's Hospital of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Steven E. Sobol

Affiliation Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

John M. Schweinfurth

Affiliation University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

Domingos H. Tsuji

Affiliation Hospital das Clinicas of Sao Paulo University Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Fen Z. Hu

Affiliations Allegheny General Hospital, Allegheny-Singer Research Institute, Center for Genomic Sciences, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Departments of Human Genetics, and Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Howard E. Rockette

Affiliation Biostatistics Department, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Garth D. Ehrlich

Affiliations Allegheny General Hospital, Allegheny-Singer Research Institute, Center for Genomic Sciences, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Departments of Human Genetics, and Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

J. Christopher Post

Affiliations Allegheny General Hospital, Allegheny-Singer Research Institute, Center for Genomic Sciences, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Departments of Human Genetics, and Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CP GE FH FB JD CD SSC SFC JM PC BW CM. Performed the experiments: FH FB JD. Analyzed the data: CP GE FH FB JD CD SSC SFC JM PC BW SS JS CM DT HR. Wrote the paper: FB JD. Other: Enrolled subject and provided clinical specimens: FB. Enrolled subjects and provided clinical specimens: SSC SFC CM JM PC BW DT JS SS CD. Edited the paper: SSC SFC CM JM PC BW DT JS SS CP GE FH CD.