About the Authors

Mark S. Dworkin

mdworkin@uic.edu

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Caryn E. Peterson

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Weihua Gao

Affiliation Center for Clinical and Translational Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Angel Mayor

Affiliation Retrovirus Research Center, Internal Medicine Department, Universidad Central del Caribe, School of Medicine, Hospital Universitario Ramón Ruiz Arnau, Santa Juanita, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, United States of America

Robert Hunter

Affiliation Retrovirus Research Center, Internal Medicine Department, Universidad Central del Caribe, School of Medicine, Hospital Universitario Ramón Ruiz Arnau, Santa Juanita, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, United States of America

Edna Negron

Affiliation Food Science and Technology Program, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, United States of America

Alison Fleury

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

C. Lynn Besch

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MSD CEP WG AM RH EN AF CLB. Performed the experiments: CEP AF AM. Analyzed the data: MSD CEP WG. Wrote the manuscript: MSD CEP. Expertise on food-borne pathogens: EN. Contribution to intervention materials: MSD CEP AM RH EN AF CLB.