About the Authors

Puja Van Epps

puja.vanepps@va.gov

Affiliation Geriatric Research Center Clinical Core (GRECC), Department of Infectious Diseases, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Roy M. Matining

Affiliation Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Katherine Tassiopoulos

Affiliation Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Donald D. Anthony

Affiliation Geriatric Research Center Clinical Core (GRECC), Department of Infectious Diseases, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Alan Landay

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Rush Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Robert C. Kalayjian

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Metrohealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, and Geriatric Research Center Clinical Core (GRECC), Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

David H. Canaday

Affiliation Geriatric Research Center Clinical Core (GRECC), Department of Infectious Diseases, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PV RK AL DA DC. Performed the experiments: PV DC. Analyzed the data: PV RK DC AL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RM KT RK RK DC DA. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: PV RM KT AL DA RK DC.