About the Authors

Nicolas A. Menzies

nick.menzies@gmail.com

Affiliations U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, ICF-Macro Inc, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Center for Health Decision Science, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Andres A. Berruti

Affiliation U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

John M. Blandford

Affiliation U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests. ICF Macro is a research consulting company that was engaged by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control to conduct this research. NAM was employed by ICF Macro at the time this study was conducted. There are no patents, products in development, or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors‚ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AAB JMB NAM. Performed the experiments: AAB JMB NAM. Analyzed the data: NAM. Wrote the paper: AAB JMB NAM.