About the Authors
- Julia A. Sharp
-
* E-mail: sharpja@evms.edu
Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
- Charlene G. Echague
-
Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
- Pamela S. Hair
-
Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
- Michael D. Ward
-
Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
- Julius O. Nyalwidhe
-
Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
- Joan A. Geoghegan
-
Affiliation Microbiology Department, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
- Timothy J. Foster
-
Affiliation Microbiology Department, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
- Kenji M. Cunnion
-
Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America, Children's Specialty Group, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America, Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Competing Interests
Dr. Cunnion is a partner in a clinical practice group, Children's Specialty Group (CSG). 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: JAS KMC CGE PSH MDW. Performed the experiments: JAS PSH CGE MDW. Analyzed the data: JAS KMC CGE PSH MDW JON. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KMC MDW TJF JAG JON. Wrote the paper: JAS KMC JON TJF JAG.