About the Authors

Adi L. Tarca

atarca@med.wayne.edu

Affiliations Department of Computer Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Perinatology Research Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Gaurav Bhatti

Affiliation Perinatology Research Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Roberto Romero

Affiliations Perinatology Research Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AT. Performed the experiments: AT. Analyzed the data: AT RR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GB. Wrote the paper: AT RR.