About the Authors

Veronika Pozharskaya

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy/Immunology, Cystic Fibrosis and Sleep, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Edilson Torres-González

Affiliation CTRL, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Mauricio Rojas

Affiliations CTRL, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, McKelvey Lung Transplantation Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Anthony Gal

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Minal Amin

Affiliation National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Sheila Dollard

Affiliation National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jesse Roman

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine and Louisville VA Medical Center, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Arlene A. Stecenko

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary, Allergy/Immunology, Cystic Fibrosis and Sleep, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, McKelvey Lung Transplantation Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Ana L. Mora

amora@emory.edu

Affiliations CTRL, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, McKelvey Lung Transplantation Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VP MR AS ALM. Performed the experiments: VP ETG MA SD ALM. Analyzed the data: VP ETG MR SD ALM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MR AG SD JR AS ALM. Wrote the paper: VP ALM.