About the Authors

Kizee A. Etienne

ketienne@cdc.gov

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

John Gillece

Affiliation Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Remy Hilsabeck

Affiliation Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Jim M. Schupp

Affiliation Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Rebecca Colman

Affiliation Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Shawn R. Lockhart

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

Lalitha Gade

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

Elizabeth H. Thompson

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Deanna A. Sutton

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Robyn Neblett-Fanfair

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

Benjamin J. Park

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

George Turabelidze

Affiliation Missouri Department of Health, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Paul Keim

Affiliation Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Mary E. Brandt

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

Eszter Deak

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

David M. Engelthaler

Affiliation Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JG RH JMS RC DME. Performed the experiments: KAE JG RH JMS SRL LG. Analyzed the data: JG RC DME. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EHT DAS PK MEB RNF BJP GT. Wrote the paper: KAE ED JG JMS DME.