About the Authors

Shama Ahmad

ahmads@njhealth.org

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

David P. Nichols

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Matthew Strand

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Raymond C. Rancourt

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Scott H. Randell

Affiliation Cystic Fibrosis/Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center, Department of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Carl W. White

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Aftab Ahmad

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SA AA. Performed the experiments: SA AA RCR. Analyzed the data: MS SA RCR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SR DN. Wrote the paper: SA CWW.