About the Authors

James R. Sabetta

jsabettamd@yahoo.com

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Section of Infectious Diseases, Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, Connecticut, United States of America

Paolo DePetrillo

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Ralph J. Cipriani

Affiliation Section of Infectious Diseases, Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, Connecticut, United States of America

Joanne Smardin

Affiliation Section of Infectious Diseases, Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, Connecticut, United States of America

Lillian A. Burns

Affiliation Section of Infectious Diseases, Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, Connecticut, United States of America

Marie L. Landry

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JRS PD ML. Performed the experiments: JRS RJC JS LAB ML. Analyzed the data: JRS PD RJC JS LAB ML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JRS PD RJC JS LAB ML. Wrote the paper: JRS PD ML.