About the Authors

Jan Marc Orenstein

jmo@gwu.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Stanford T. Shulman

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, The Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Linda M. Fox

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Susan C. Baker

Affiliation Department Microbiology/Immunology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Masato Takahashi

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Tricia R. Bhatti

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Pierre A. Russo

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Gary W. Mierau

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Jean Pierre de Chadarévian

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, Drexel University, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Elizabeth J. Perlman

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, The Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Cynthia Trevenen

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Alberta Children’s Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Alexandre T. Rotta

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Mitra B. Kalelkar

Affiliation Office of the Medical Examiner, Cook County Institute of Forensic Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Anne H. Rowley

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, The Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Microbiology/Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, The Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMO STS LMF SCB MT TRB PAR GWM JPC EJP CT ATR MBK AHR. Performed the experiments: JMO LMF EJP AHR. Analyzed the data: JMO STS LMF SCB MT TRB PAR GWM JPC EJP CT ATR MBK AHR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMO STS LMF SCB MT TRB PAR GWM JPC EJP CT ATR MBK AHR. Wrote the paper: JMO STS LMF SCB MT TRB PAR GWM JPC EJP CT ATR MBK AHR.