About the Authors

Seema M. Thayil

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

Thomas A. Albini

Affiliation Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Hossein Nazari

Affiliation Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Andrew A. Moshfeghi

Affiliation Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Jean-Marie A. Parel

Affiliation Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Narsing A. Rao

Affiliation Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Petros C. Karakousis

petros@jhmi.edu

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PCK TAA NR. Performed the experiments: SMT HN. Analyzed the data: PCK SMT TAA HN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PCK NR AM J-MAP. Wrote the paper: PCK TAA SMT AM.