About the Authors

Scott A. Weisenberg

scottweisenberg@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, Oakland, California, United States of America

Jose R. Mediavilla

Affiliation Public Health Research Institute, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Liang Chen

Affiliation Public Health Research Institute, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Elizabeth L. Alexander

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

Kyu Y. Rhee

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

Barry N. Kreiswirth

Affiliation Public Health Research Institute, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Stephen G. Jenkins

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

SAW received an Investigator Initiated Research Grant from Merck. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SAW SGJ BNK. Performed the experiments: SAW JRM LC. Analyzed the data: SAW JRM LC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SAW JRM LC BNK SGJ KYR ELA. Wrote the paper: SAW JRM LC BNK SGJ.