About the Authors

Karen V. Evangelista

karen.evangelista@gmail.com

Affiliations Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Kristel Lourdault

Affiliations Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

James Matsunaga

Affiliations Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

David A. Haake

Affiliations Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: KVE KL JM DAH. Data curation: KVE KL. Formal analysis: KVE KL. Funding acquisition: DAH. Investigation: KVE KL. Methodology: KVE KL JM DAH. Project administration: KVE KL JM DAH. Resources: KVE KL. Supervision: KVE KL JM DAH. Validation: KVE KL JM DAH. Visualization: KVE. Writing – original draft: KVE KL JM DAH. Writing – review & editing: KVE KL JM DAH.