About the Authors

Shashi Bala

Contributed equally to this work with: Shashi Bala, Miguel Marcos

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Miguel Marcos

Contributed equally to this work with: Shashi Bala, Miguel Marcos

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Arijeet Gattu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Donna Catalano

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Gyongyi Szabo

gyongyi.szabo@umassmed.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the paper: GS SB MM AG DC. Study concept and design: GS SB MM. Acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data: GS SB MM AG DC.