About the Authors

Yu-An Cao

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Sophie Kusy

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Richard Luong

Affiliation Department of Comparative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Ronald J. Wong

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

David K. Stevenson

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Christopher H. Contag

ccontag@stanford.edu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflict: CC is a founder of Xenogen Corp, now part of Caliper LifeSciences. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Y-AC SK CHC. Performed the experiments: Y-AC RL. Analyzed the data: Y-AC SK DKS CHC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RJW. Wrote the paper: Y-AC SK CHC. Revised the manuscript: RJW.