About the Authors
- Michele L. Pearson
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Affiliation Division of TB Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Joseph V. Selby
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Affiliation Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California, United States of America
- Kenneth A. Katz
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Affiliation HIV, STD, and Hepatitis Branch, Health and Human Services Agency, County of San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Virginia Cantrell
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Affiliation Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California, United States of America
- Christopher R. Braden
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Affiliation Division of Food, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Monica E. Parise
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Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Christopher D. Paddock
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Affiliation Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Michael R. Lewin-Smith
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Affiliation Environmental Pathology, Joint Pathology Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America
- Victor F. Kalasinsky
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Affiliation Office of Research & Development, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
- Felicia C. Goldstein
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Allen W. Hightower
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Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Arthur Papier
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Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, New York, United States of America
- Brian Lewis
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Affiliation Division of Health Studies, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Sarita Motipara
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Affiliation Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California, United States of America
- Mark L. Eberhard
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* E-mail: mle1@cdc.gov
Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- for the Unexplained Dermopathy Study Team
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¶Additional membership of the Unexplained Dermopathy Study Team is provided in the Acknowledgments.
Competing Interests
One or more of the authors are employed by a commercial, not-for-profit entity (Kaiser Permanente). This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: M. Pearson JS CB KK MLE CP ML-S VK CD M. Parise BL. Performed the experiments: KK VC M. Pearson CP SZ ML-S VK LB PA GL MES W-JS PW JH GL SM EL IM FM. Analyzed the data: AB BF AWH AP FCG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CP SZ ML-S VK LB GL MES W-JS PW IM JH SM. Wrote the paper: M. Pearson JS CP ML-S.