About the Authors

Anne M. Stringer

Affiliation Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, United States of America

Navjot Singh

Affiliation Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, United States of America

Anastasiya Yermakova

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University at Albany, Albany, New York, United States of America

Brianna L. Petrone

Affiliation Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, United States of America

Jayaleka J. Amarasinghe

Affiliation Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, United States of America

Lucia Reyes-Diaz

Affiliation UASRP CSTEP Program, University at Albany, Albany, New York, United States of America

Nicholas J. Mantis

Affiliations Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University at Albany, Albany, New York, United States of America

Joseph T. Wade

jwade@wadsworth.org

Affiliations Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University at Albany, Albany, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JTW. Performed the experiments: AMS NS AY BLP JJA LRD JTW. Analyzed the data: AMS NS AY BLP JJA NJM JTW. Wrote the paper: JTW.