About the Authors

Michel Ledizet

Affiliation L2 Diagnostics, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Thomas S. Murray

Current address: Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, Connecticut, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Sailaja Puttagunta

Current address: Durata Therapeutics, Branford, Connecticut, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Sections of Infectious Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Martin D. Slade

Affiliation Department of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Vincent J. Quagliarello

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Sections of Infectious Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Barbara I. Kazmierczak

barbara.kazmierczak@yale.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Sections of Infectious Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

ML is employed by L2 Diagnostics, LLC. 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: ML BIK. Performed the experiments: ML TSM SP BIK. Analyzed the data: ML TSM MDS VJQ BIK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MDS. Wrote the paper: ML BIK.