About the Authors

James Tsai

jxt9@cdc.gov

Affiliation Division of Blood Disorders, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Scott D. Grosse

Affiliation Division of Blood Disorders, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Althea M. Grant

Affiliation Division of Blood Disorders, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Nimia L. Reyes

Affiliation Division of Blood Disorders, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

W. Craig Hooper

Affiliation Division of Blood Disorders, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Hani K. Atrash

Affiliation Division of Blood Disorders, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JT SDG WCH. Performed the experiments: JT SDG AMG NLR WCH HKA. Analyzed the data: JT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JT SDG AMG NLR WCH HKA. Wrote the paper: JT SDG. Critical revision of the paper for important intellectual content: JT SDG AMG NLR WCH HKA. Administrative, technical, material support, and study supervision: AMG HKA.