About the Authors

Deborah Chasman

Affiliations Department of Computer Sciences, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Brandi Gancarz

Affiliations Luminex Corporation, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Linhui Hao

Affiliations Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Michael Ferris

Affiliation Department of Computer Sciences, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Paul Ahlquist

Affiliations Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Morgridge Institute for Research, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Mark Craven

craven@biostat.wisc.edu

Affiliations Department of Computer Sciences, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: BG is a paid employee of Luminex Corporation. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DC MF PA MC. Performed the experiments: DC. Analyzed the data: DC BG LH PA MC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MF PA. Wrote the paper: DC BG PA MC.