About the Authors

Tyler M. Sharp

tsharp@cdc.gov

Affiliations Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Dengue Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Elizabeth Hunsperger

Affiliation Dengue Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Gilberto A. Santiago

Affiliation Dengue Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Jorge L. Muñoz-Jordan

Affiliation Dengue Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Luis M. Santiago

Affiliation Dengue Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Aidsa Rivera

Affiliation Dengue Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Rosa L. Rodríguez-Acosta

Current address: Surveillance and Field Investigations Branch, Division of Safety Research, National Center for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Affiliation Dengue Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Lorenzo Gonzalez Feliciano

Affiliation Puerto Rico Department of Health, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Harold S. Margolis

Affiliation Dengue Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Kay M. Tomashek

Affiliation Dengue Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TMS EH GAS JLMJ LMS HSM KMT. Performed the experiments: TMS EH GAS JLMJ LMS. Analyzed the data: TMS EH GAS JLMJ LMS HSM KMT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AR RLRA LGF. Wrote the paper: TMS GAS HSM KMT.