About the Authors

Emily R. Insetta

Contributed equally to this work with: Emily R. Insetta, Alex J. Soriano

Affiliation University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Alex J. Soriano

Contributed equally to this work with: Emily R. Insetta, Alex J. Soriano

soriano.alex@medstudent.pitt.edu

Affiliation University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Francis Isidore G. Totañes

Affiliation National Institutes of Health and College of Public Health, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila, Philippines

Bernard J. C. Macatangay

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh School Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Vicente Y. Belizario Jr

Affiliation National Institutes of Health and College of Public Health, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila, Philippines

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AJS ERI BJCM FIGT VYB. Performed the experiments: AJS ERI. Analyzed the data: AJS ERI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AJS ERI FIGT BJCM VYB. Wrote the paper: AJS ERI BJCM. Coordinated data collection sites: VYB FIGT.