About the Authors

Pongpan Laksanalamai

Affiliation Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, Laurel, Maryland, United States of America

Lavin A. Joseph

Affiliation Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Benjamin J. Silk

Affiliation Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Laurel S. Burall

Affiliation Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, Laurel, Maryland, United States of America

Cheryl L. Tarr

Affiliation Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Peter Gerner-Smidt

Affiliation Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Atin R. Datta

Atin.datta@fda.hhs.gov

Affiliation Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, Laurel, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PL LAJ LSB ARD. Performed the experiments: PL LAJ LSB. Analyzed the data: PL LAJ BJS LSB CLT PG ARD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PL LAJ LSB CLT. Wrote the paper: PL LAJ BJS LSB CLT PG ARD. Conceived the project: ARD.