About the Authors

Loren C. Denlinger

Affiliation Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Elizabeth A. B. Kelly

Affiliation Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Ann M. Dodge

Affiliation Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

John G. McCartney

Affiliation Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Keith C. Meyer

Affiliation Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Richard D. Cornwell

Affiliation Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Mary Jo Jackson

Affiliation Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Michael D. Evans

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Nizar N. Jarjour

nnj@medicine.wisc.edu

Affiliation Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EAK NNJ. Performed the experiments: LCD EAK AMD KCM RDC MJJ NNJ. Analyzed the data: LCD EAK JGM MDE NNJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MDE. Wrote the paper: LCD EAK JGM NNJ.