About the Authors

Lucy A. Jury

Affiliation Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Brett Sitzlar

Affiliation Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Sirisha Kundrapu

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Jennifer L. Cadnum

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Kim M. Summers

Affiliation Research Service, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Christine P. Muganda

Affiliation Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Abhishek Deshpande

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Ajay K. Sethi

Affiliation Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Curtis J. Donskey

curtisd123@yahoo.com

Affiliations Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LAJ BS AKS CJD. Performed the experiments: LAJ BS SK KMS JLC. Analyzed the data: CPM AD AKS CJD. Wrote the paper: LAJ SK AD CJD.