About the Authors
- Erick Forno
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Affiliation Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America
- Michelle M. Cloutier
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America
- Soma Datta
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Affiliation Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Kathryn Paul
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Affiliation Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Jody Sylvia
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Affiliation Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Deanna Calvert
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Affiliation Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America
- Sherell Thornton-Thompson
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Affiliation Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America
- Dorothy B. Wakefield
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America
- John Brehm
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Affiliation Division of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Robert G. Hamilton
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Affiliation Division of Allergy and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- María Alvarez
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Affiliation Behavioral Sciences Research Institute, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Angel Colón-Semidey
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Affiliation Behavioral Sciences Research Institute, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Edna Acosta-Pérez
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Affiliation Behavioral Sciences Research Institute, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Glorisa Canino
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Affiliation Behavioral Sciences Research Institute, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Juan C. Celedón
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* E-mail: juan.celedon@chp.edu
Affiliation Division of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Competing Interests
J.C.C. was paid $3,000 in 2011 for a consultancy for Genentech on an issue unrelated to this manuscript. He has also received royalties from UpToDate for writing a chapter on genetics of complex diseases (<$500 per year). This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. No other author reported any conflict of interest.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: EF EA-P GC JCC. Performed the experiments: EF EA-P GC JCC. Analyzed the data: EF SD JB JCC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KP JS DC ST-T DW RH MA AC-S EA-P. Wrote the paper: EF JCC. Participated in the review of the manuscript and approved its final version: EF MMC SD KP JS DC ST-T DW JB RH MA AC-S EA-P GC JCC.