About the Authors
- Abigail Eastburn
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Affiliation University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Rebecca Scherzer
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Affiliations University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Andrew R. Zolopa
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Affiliation Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Constance Benson
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Affiliation University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Russell Tracy
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Affiliation University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America
- Tri Do
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Affiliations University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Roche Molecular Diagnostics, Pleasanton, California, United States of America
- Peter Bacchetti
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Affiliation University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Michael Shlipak
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Affiliations University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Carl Grunfeld
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Affiliations University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Phyllis C. Tien
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* E-mail: ptien@ucsf.edu
Affiliations University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Tri Do reports he is an employee of Roche Molecular Diagnostics. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS One policies on sharing data and materials. The other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PCT CG PB RS MS. Performed the experiments: PCT CG ARZ CB. Analyzed the data: RS PB PCT CG MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TD RT. Wrote the paper: AE PCT CG RS MS PB ARZ CB TD.