About the Authors

Kay M. Tomashek

kay.tomashek@nih.gov

Current address: Office of Clinical Research Resources, Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

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

Aidsa Rivera

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

Brenda Torres-Velasquez

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

Elizabeth A. Hunsperger

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

Jorge L. Munoz-Jordan

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

Tyler M. Sharp

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

Irma Rivera

Affiliation Puerto Rico Institute of Forensic Sciences, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Dario Sanabria

Affiliation Puerto Rico Institute of Forensic Sciences, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Dianna M. Blau

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Renee Galloway

Affiliation Bacterial Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High Consequence Pathogens, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jose Torres

Affiliation Puerto Rico Institute of Forensic Sciences, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Rosa Rodriguez

Affiliation Puerto Rico Institute of Forensic Sciences, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Javier Serrano

Affiliation Puerto Rico Institute of Forensic Sciences, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Carlos Chávez

Affiliation Puerto Rico Institute of Forensic Sciences, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Francisco Dávila

Affiliation Puerto Rico Institute of Forensic Sciences, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Janice Perez-Padilla

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

Esther M. Ellis

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

Gladys Caballero

Affiliation Demographic Registry of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Laura Wright

Affiliation Geospatial Research, Analysis, and Services Program, Division of Toxicology and Human Health Sciences, ATSDR, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Sherif R. Zaki

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Carmen Deseda

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

Edda Rodriguez

Affiliation Puerto Rico Institute of Forensic Sciences, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Harold S. Margolis

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: KMT AR BTV EAH JLMJ IR DS DMB RG JT RR JS CC FD GC CD ER. Data curation: KMT AR BTV EAH JLMJ IR DS DMB RG JT RR JS CC FD GC SRZ LW CD ER. Formal analysis: KMT AR BTV EAH JLMJ TMS JPP EME LW HSM. Funding acquisition: KMT HSM. Investigation: KMT AR BTV EAH JLMJ IR DS DMB RG JT RR JS CC FD CD ER TMS JPP EME GC LW SRZ. Methodology: KMT AR BTV EAH JLMJ IR DS DMB RG JT RR JS CC FD LW SRZ GC CD ER. Project administration: KMT EAH JLMJ GC SRZ CD ER HSM. Resources: KMT AR BTV EAH JLMJ TMS IR DS DMB RG JT RR JS CC FD JPP EME GC SRZ LW CD ER HSM. Software: KMT AR BTV LW. Supervision: KMT GC EAH JLMJ SRZ CD ER HSM. Validation: KMT AR BTV EAH JLMJ TMS IR DS DMB RG JT RR JS CC FD JPP EME GC LW CD ER HSM. Visualization: KMT AR BTV TMS LW HSM. Writing – original draft: KMT AR BTV TMS LW HSM. Writing – review & editing: KMT AR BTV EAH JLMJ TMS IR DS DMB RG JT RR JS CC FD JPP EME GC LW SRZ CD ER HSM.