About the Authors

Rebecca A. Brockman-Schneider

rabrockm@wisc.edu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Raymond J. Pickles

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

James E. Gern

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal′s policy and have the following conflicts: Dr. Gern is a consultant for GlaxoSmithKline, Merck Inc., AstraZeneca, Gilead, and Boehringer Ingelheim, and has had investigator initiated research grants from Merck Inc, GlaxoSmithKline, and AstraZeneca. Co-author Raymond J.Pickles is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors′ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RAB RJP JEG. Performed the experiments: RAB. Analyzed the data: RAB JEG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RAB JEG. Wrote the paper: RAB JEG. Helped edit the manuscript: RAB RJP JEG.