About the Authors

Benjamin C. Smith

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Thomas McAndrew

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Zigui Chen

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Ariana Harari

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York, United States of America

David M. Barris

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Shankar Viswanathan

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Ana Cecilia Rodriguez

Affiliation Proyecto Epidemiológico Guanacaste, Fundación INCIENSA, San José, Costa Rica

Phillip Castle

Affiliation American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP) Institute, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Rolando Herrero

Affiliation Proyecto Epidemiológico Guanacaste, Fundación INCIENSA, San José, Costa Rica

Mark Schiffman

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Robert D. Burk

robert.burk@einstein.yu.edu

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RDB MS PC BCS ACR RH. Performed the experiments: BCS ZC DMB. Analyzed the data: BCS TM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BCS RDB TM ACR SV RH. Wrote the paper: BCS RDB. Provided important conceptual advances and interpretation of the data and analyses: AH ZC SV MS PC.