About the Authors

Alexander Kirpich

Affiliations Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Thomas A. Weppelmann

Affiliation Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Yang Yang

Affiliations Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, College of Public Health and Health Professions and College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

John Glenn Morris Jr.

Affiliations Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Ira M. Longini Jr.

ilongini@ufl.edu

Affiliations Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, College of Public Health and Health Professions and College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: AK TAW YY JGM IML. Data curation: AK TAW. Formal analysis: AK. Funding acquisition: JGM. Investigation: AK TAW YY JGM IML. Methodology: AK TAW YY JGM IML. Project administration: AK TAW YY JGM IML. Resources: AK TAW YY JGM IML. Software: AK. Supervision: JGM IML. Validation: AK. Visualization: AK TAW YY JGM IML. Writing – original draft: AK. Writing – review & editing: AK TAW YY JGM IML.