About the Authors

Amos Ben-Zvi

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Suzanne D. Vernon

Affiliation The CFIDS Association of America, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America

Gordon Broderick

gordon.broderick@ualberta.ca

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ABZ SDV GB. Performed the experiments: ABZ GB. Analyzed the data: ABZ GB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ABZ GB. Wrote the paper: ABZ SDV GB.