About the Authors

Christopher H. Hsu

Contributed equally to this work with: Christopher H. Hsu, Fabiola Cruz-Lopez

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Atlanta, GA, United States of America, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Epidemic Intelligence Service, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Fabiola Cruz-Lopez

Contributed equally to this work with: Christopher H. Hsu, Fabiola Cruz-Lopez

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dengue Branch, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Ponce Health Sciences University, Ponce, Puerto Rico

Danulka Vargas Torres

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation San Lucas Episcopal Hospital, Ponce, Puerto Rico

Janice Perez-Padilla

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dengue Branch, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Olga D. Lorenzi

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dengue Branch, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Aidsa Rivera

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dengue Branch, San Juan, Puerto Rico

J. Erin Staples

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Arboviral Diseases Branch, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America

Esteban Lugo

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation San Lucas Episcopal Hospital, Ponce, Puerto Rico

Jorge Munoz-Jordan

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dengue Branch, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Marc Fischer

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Arboviral Diseases Branch, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America

Carlos Garcia Gubern

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Ponce Health Sciences University, Ponce, Puerto Rico, San Lucas Episcopal Hospital, Ponce, Puerto Rico

Brenda Rivera Garcia

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

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

Luisa Alvarado

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dengue Branch, San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Lucas Episcopal Hospital, Ponce, Puerto Rico

Tyler M. Sharp

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

tsharp@cdc.gov

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dengue Branch, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.