About the Authors

Zigui Chen

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Mark Schiffman

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Rolando Herrero

Affiliation Proyecto Epidemiologica Guanacaste, Fundación INCIENSA, San José, Costa Rica

Rob DeSalle

Affiliation Sackler Institute of Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Kathryn Anastos

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Michel Segondy

Affiliation Department of Biology and Pathology, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France

Vikrant V. Sahasrabuddhe

Affiliations Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Patti E. Gravitt

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

Ann W. Hsing

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Robert D. Burk

robert.burk@einstein.yu.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZC RDB. Performed the experiments: ZC. Analyzed the data: ZC RD RDB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: M. Schiffman RH RD KA M. Segondy VVS PEG AWH. Wrote the paper: ZC RDB.