About the Authors

Michael A. Purdy

mup3@cdc.gov

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention, Division of Viral Hepatitis, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

James Lara

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention, Division of Viral Hepatitis, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Yury E. Khudyakov

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention, Division of Viral Hepatitis, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAP JL YEK. Performed the experiments: MAP JL. Analyzed the data: MAP JL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAP JL. Wrote the paper: MAP JL YEK.