About the Authors

Deborah Friedman

Deborah_Friedman@NYMC.edu (DF); Adam.Bloomfield@astrazeneca.com (AB)

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, United States of America

Jon Fryzek

Affiliation EpidStat Institute, Rockville, MD, United States of America

Xiaohui Jiang

Affiliation EpidStat Institute, Rockville, MD, United States of America

Adam Bloomfield

Deborah_Friedman@NYMC.edu (DF); Adam.Bloomfield@astrazeneca.com (AB)

Affiliation AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, United States of America

Christopher S. Ambrose

Affiliation AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, United States of America

Pierre C. Wong

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Competing Interests

This research was funded by AstraZeneca. JF and XJ provided consultant/research support for AstraZeneca. AB and CSA are employees of AstraZeneca. Palivizumab is marketed by MedImmune, a specialty care division of AstraZeneca. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: DF JF XJ AB CSA PCW. Data curation: JF XJ. Formal analysis: XJ. Funding acquisition: AB CSA. Investigation: DF JF XJ AB CSA PCW. Methodology: DF JF XJ AB CSA PCW. Project administration: AB CSA. Resources: AB CSA. Software: JF XJ. Supervision: DF JF XJ AB CSA PCW. Validation: JF XJ. Visualization: DF JF XJ AB CSA PCW. Writing – original draft: JF XJ AB CSA. Writing – review & editing: DF JF XJ AB CSA PCW.