About the Authors

Natasha S. Hochberg

nhoch@bu.edu

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Ruth N. Moro

Affiliation Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Anandi N. Sheth

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Susan P. Montgomery

Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Frank Steurer

Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Isabel T. McAuliffe

Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Yun F. Wang

Affiliations Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Wendy Armstrong

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Hilda N. Rivera

Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jeffrey L. Lennox

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Carlos Franco-Paredes

Affiliations Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Hospital Infantil de Mexico Federico Gomez, Mexico City, Mexico

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NSH RNM SPM WA JLL CF-P. Performed the experiments: NSH RNM ANS. Analyzed the data: NSH RNM SPM FS ITM YFW HNR JLL CF-P. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FS ITM YFW HNR. Wrote the paper: NSH RNM ANS SPM FS ITM YFW WA HNR JLL CF-P.