About the Authors
- Elizabeth Ailes
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Affiliations International Health Resources Consulting, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Philip Budge
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Affiliation National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Manjunath Shankar
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Affiliation National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Sarah Collier
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Affiliations International Health Resources Consulting, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- William Brinton
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Affiliation Regional Epidemiologist, San Luis Valley Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Program, Alamosa, Colorado, United States
- Alicia Cronquist
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Affiliation Disease Control and Environmental Epidemiology Division, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver, Colorado, United States
- Melissa Chen
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Affiliation National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Andrew Thornton
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Affiliation National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Michael J. Beach
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Affiliation National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Joan M. Brunkard
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* E-mail: jbrunkard@cdc.gov
Affiliation National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Competing Interests
IHRC is a for profit staffing company. Government funds are put into an IHRC contract so that IHRC will supply trained individuals to accomplish the projects written into the contract. The individuals then work on site at CDC with other CDC staff members to accomplish project goals. The IHRC status does not alter the original agreement signed for PLOS nor does it set up competing interests. 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: EA PB SC WB AC MB JB. Performed the experiments: EA PB SC WB AT MC MB JB. Analyzed the data: EA PB MS SC AT. Wrote the paper: EA PB MS SC MB JB.