About the Authors
- Benjamin C. Smith
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- Thomas McAndrew
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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
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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
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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
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- Shankar Viswanathan
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- Ana Cecilia Rodriguez
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Affiliation Proyecto Epidemiológico Guanacaste, Fundación INCIENSA, San José, Costa Rica
- Phillip Castle
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Affiliation American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP) Institute, Washington, D.C., United States of America
- Rolando Herrero
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Affiliation Proyecto Epidemiológico Guanacaste, Fundación INCIENSA, San José, Costa Rica
- Mark Schiffman
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Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Robert D. Burk
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* E-mail: 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.