About the Authors

Ryan M. McAdams

adamsk@u.washington.edu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Jeroen Vanderhoeven

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Richard P. Beyer

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Theo K. Bammler

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Federico M. Farin

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

H. Denny Liggitt

Affiliation Department of Comparative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Raj P. Kapur

Affiliation Department of Laboratories, Seattle Children’s, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Michael G. Gravett

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity & Stillbirth, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Craig E. Rubens

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity & Stillbirth, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Division of Infectious Disease, Seattle Children’s, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Kristina M. Adams Waldorf

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RMM KAW MGG CER. Performed the experiments: KAW. Analyzed the data: RPB TKB FF HDL JV RMM KAW RPK. Wrote the paper: RMM KAW JV TB RPK HDL.