About the Authors

Supriya D. Mehta

Supriyad@uic.edu

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Stefan J. Green

Affiliation DNA Services, Research Resources Center, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Ian Maclean

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Hong Hu

Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Robert C. Bailey

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Patrick M. Gillevet

Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, United States of America

Greg T. Spear

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SDM GTS IM. Performed the experiments: IM PMG. Analyzed the data: SDM HH SG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PGM GTS. Wrote the paper: SDM SG IM HH RCB PMG GTS.