About the Authors

Jennifer E. Simpson

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Corrine M. Folsom-O'Keefe

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

James E. Childs

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Leah E. Simons

Affiliation Department of Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Theodore G. Andreadis

Affiliation The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Maria A. Diuk-Wasser

maria.diuk@yale.edu

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JES JEC MADW. Performed the experiments: JES CMFO LS. Analyzed the data: JES. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JES CMFO TGA MADW. Wrote the paper: JES CMFO JEC TGA MADW.