About the Authors
- Jiwang Chen
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* E-mail: chenjw@uic.edu
Affiliations Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care Medicine, Allergy and Sleep, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Gang Feng
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Affiliation Northwestern University Biomedical Informatics Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Yang Song
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Affiliation Microbiology Group, School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, United States of America
- Juliane B. Wardenburg
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Simon Lin
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Affiliations Northwestern University Biomedical Informatics Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Biomedical Informatics Research Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Ichiro Inoshima
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Michael Otto
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Affiliation National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Richard G. Wunderink
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interests: This project was supported by Pfizer Inc. Dr. Wunderink has received an investigator-initiated grant, participated in a clinical trial, and is a member of a data safety monitoring board with unrelated compounds/diagnostic tests for Pfizer. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JC GF YS SL RGW. Performed the experiments: JC. Analyzed the data: JC GF YS SL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JBW MO II. Wrote the manuscript: JC MO GF YS RGW.