About the Authors

Felicity T. Cutts

felicity.cutts@lshtm.ac.uk

Affiliation Independent consultant, La Londe les Maures, France

Hector S. Izurieta

Affiliation Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Dale A. Rhoda

Affiliation Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conducted literature review: FTC. Analyzed the data: FTC DAR. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: FTC DAR. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: FTC HSI DAR. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: FTC HSI DAR. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: FTC HSI DAR.