About the Authors

Nadia N. Hansel

Affiliations Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Venkataramana Sidhaye

Affiliation Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Nicholas M. Rafaels

Affiliation Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Li Gao

Affiliation Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Peisong Gao

Affiliation Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Renaldo Williams

Affiliation Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

John E. Connett

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Terri H. Beaty

Affiliation Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Rasika A. Mathias

Affiliation Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Robert A. Wise

Affiliation Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Landon S. King

Affiliation Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Kathleen C. Barnes

kbarnes@jhmi.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NNH VS NR LG PG RW JC THB RM RW LSK KCB. Performed the experiments: VS RW. Analyzed the data: NNH NR THB RM KCB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VS KCB. Wrote the paper: NNH VS NR LG PG RW JC THB RM RW LSK KCB.