About the Authors

Gilberto Vaughan

GVaughan@cdc.gov

Affiliation Division of Viral Hepatitis, Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Guoliang Xia

Affiliation Division of Viral Hepatitis, Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Joseph C. Forbi

Affiliation Division of Viral Hepatitis, Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Michael A. Purdy

Affiliation Division of Viral Hepatitis, Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Lívia Maria Gonçalves Rossi

Affiliation Division of Viral Hepatitis, Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Philip R. Spradling

Affiliation Division of Viral Hepatitis, Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Yury E. Khudyakov

Affiliation Division of Viral Hepatitis, Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors would like to state that Dr. Yury Khudyakov serves as academic editor for PLOS ONE; however, 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: GV YEK. Performed the experiments: GV JCF LMGR. Analyzed the data: GV GX MAP PRS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GV YEK. Wrote the paper: GV YEK.