About the Authors

Abigail W. Bigham

awb150@u.washington.edu (AWB); mbamshad@u.washington.edu (MB)

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Kati J. Buckingham

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Sofia Husain

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Mary J. Emond

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Kathryn M. Bofferding

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Heidi Gildersleeve

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Ann Rutherford

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Natalia M. Astakhova

Affiliation Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Andrey A. Perelygin

Affiliation Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Michael P. Busch

Affiliation Blood Systems, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Kristy O. Murray

Affiliation School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

James J. Sejvar

Affiliation National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Sharone Green

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

John Kriesel

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Margo A. Brinton

Affiliation Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Michael Bamshad

awb150@u.washington.edu (AWB); mbamshad@u.washington.edu (MB)

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB. Performed the experiments: KJB KMB HG. Analyzed the data: AWB ME. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SH KOM AR JK MAB JJS MPB NMA AAP SG MJB. Wrote the paper: AWB MB.