About the Authors

Rod Dawson

Affiliation Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, Health Sciences Faculty, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Rany Condos

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Environmental Medicine and Bellevue Chest Service, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Doris Tse

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Environmental Medicine and Bellevue Chest Service, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Maryann L. Huie

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Environmental Medicine and Bellevue Chest Service, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Stanley Ress

Affiliation Division of Immunology, Department of Medicine, Health Sciences Faculty, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Chi-Hong Tseng

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Environmental Medicine and Bellevue Chest Service, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Clint Brauns

Affiliation Division of Immunology, Department of Medicine, Health Sciences Faculty, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Michael Weiden

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Environmental Medicine and Bellevue Chest Service, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Yoshihiko Hoshino

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Environmental Medicine and Bellevue Chest Service, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Eric Bateman

Affiliation Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, Health Sciences Faculty, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

William N. Rom

William.Rom@nyumc.edu

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Environmental Medicine and Bellevue Chest Service, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RD RC SR MW EDB WNR. Performed the experiments: RD RC DT MH SR CB YH. Analyzed the data: RD RC CT MW WNR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RD SR EDB. Wrote the paper: RD RC SR MW EDB WNR.