About the Authors

Sergey A. Shiryaev

Affiliation Infectious and Inflammatory Disease Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Andrei V. Chernov

Affiliation Infectious and Inflammatory Disease Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Vladislav S. Golubkov

Affiliation Infectious and Inflammatory Disease Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Elliot R. Thomsen

Affiliation Prognosys Biosciences Inc., La Jolla, California, United States of America

Eugene Chudin

Affiliation Prognosys Biosciences Inc., La Jolla, California, United States of America

Mark S. Chee

Affiliation Prognosys Biosciences Inc., La Jolla, California, United States of America

Igor A. Kozlov

Affiliation Prognosys Biosciences Inc., La Jolla, California, United States of America

Alex Y. Strongin

pcieplak@sanfordburnham.org (PC); strongin@sanfordburnham.org (AYS)

Affiliation Infectious and Inflammatory Disease Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Piotr Cieplak

pcieplak@sanfordburnham.org (PC); strongin@sanfordburnham.org (AYS)

Affiliation Infectious and Inflammatory Disease Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

Authors E. R. Thomsen, E. Chudin, M. S. Chee and I. A. Kozlov are employees of Prognosys Biosciences Inc. 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: SAS AYS PC. Performed the experiments: SAS VSG ERT EC MSC IAK. Analyzed the data: SAS AVC AYS PC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SAS MSC IAK PC. Wrote the paper: AYS PC SAS AVC.