About the Authors

Supriya Jasuja

sjasuja@cookcountyhhs.org (SJ); sgerber@cookcountyhhs.org (SIG)

Affiliation Cook County Department of Public Health, Oak Forest, Illinois, United States of America

Nicola D. Thompson

Affiliation Division of Viral Hepatitis, National Center for HIV, Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Philip J. Peters

Affiliation Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Yury E. Khudyakov

Affiliation Division of Viral Hepatitis, National Center for HIV, Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Megan T. Patel

Affiliation Cook County Department of Public Health, Oak Forest, Illinois, United States of America

Purisima Linchangco

Affiliation Cook County Department of Public Health, Oak Forest, Illinois, United States of America

Hong T. Thai

Affiliation Division of Viral Hepatitis, National Center for HIV, Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

William M. Switzer

Affiliation Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Anupama Shankar

Affiliation Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Walid Heneine

Affiliation Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Dale J. Hu

Affiliation Division of Viral Hepatitis, National Center for HIV, Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Anne C. Moorman

Affiliation Division of Viral Hepatitis, National Center for HIV, Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Susan I. Gerber

sjasuja@cookcountyhhs.org (SJ); sgerber@cookcountyhhs.org (SIG)

Affiliation Cook County Department of Public Health, Oak Forest, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: SJ YEK PL HTT AS. Analyzed the data: SJ YEK MTP WMS AS WH DJH ACM SIG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SJ NDT YEK MTP PL DJH. Wrote the paper: SJ NDT PJP WMS AS WH DJH ACM SIG. Conceived and designed the experiments and epidemiological investigation: SJ NDT PJP MTP PL WMS WH ACM SIG. Provided guidance on investigation: DJH SIG.