About the Authors

Joan Reibman

reibmj01@gcrc.med.nyu.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York City, New York, United States of America, Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York City, New York, United States of America

Michael Marmor

Affiliations Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York City, New York, United States of America, Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York City, New York, United States of America

Joshua Filner

Affiliation Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York City, New York, United States of America

Maria-Elena Fernandez-Beros

Affiliation Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York City, New York, United States of America

Linda Rogers

Affiliation Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York City, New York, United States of America

Guillermo I. Perez-Perez

Affiliation Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York City, New York, United States of America

Martin J. Blaser

Affiliation Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York City, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

Martin J. Blaser, as co-discoverer of cagA at Vanderbilt University can receive royalties from the commercial exploitation of cagA. No diagnostic tests are currently licensed. Dr. Reibman has no conflicts of interest to disclose. Dr. Marmor has no conflicts of interest to disclose. Dr. Filner has no conflicts of interest to disclose. Dr. Fernandez-Beros has no conflicts of interest to disclose. Dr. Rogers has no conflicts of interest to disclose. Dr. Perez Perez has no conflicts of interest to disclose.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JR LR MJB. Performed the experiments: GPP. Analyzed the data: JR MM JF MEFB LR GPP MJB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JR MM MEFB MJB. Wrote the paper: JR MM JF MJB.