About the Authors

Patricia L. Schirmer

Patricia.Schirmer@va.gov

Affiliation Office of Public Health, Department of Veterans Affairs, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Cynthia A. Lucero-Obusan

Affiliation Office of Public Health, Department of Veterans Affairs, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Stephen R. Benoit

Affiliation Public Health Surveillance Program Office, Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Luis M. Santiago

Affiliation Dengue Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States of America

Danielle Stanek

Affiliation Bureau of Environmental Public Health Medicine, Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America

Achintya Dey

Affiliation Public Health Surveillance Program Office, Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Mirsonia Martinez

Affiliation Veterans Affairs Caribbean Healthcare System - San Juan, Department of Veterans Affairs, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States of America

Gina Oda

Affiliation Office of Public Health, Department of Veterans Affairs, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Mark Holodniy

Affiliations Office of Public Health, Department of Veterans Affairs, Palo Alto, California, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Edited manuscript: SRB LMS DS AD MM GO. Conceived and designed the experiments: PLS CALO GO MH. Performed the experiments: PLS CALO. Analyzed the data: PLS CALO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PLS CALO SRB LMS DS AD MM. Wrote the paper: PLS CALO MH.