About the Authors

Wilfred C. de Vega

Affiliations Centre for Environmental Epigenetics and Development, University of Toronto, Scarborough, ON, Canada, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto, Scarborough, ON, Canada, Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Suzanne D. Vernon

Affiliation CFIDS Association of America, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America

Patrick O. McGowan

patrick.mcgowan@utoronto.ca

Affiliations Centre for Environmental Epigenetics and Development, University of Toronto, Scarborough, ON, Canada, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto, Scarborough, ON, Canada, Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: POM. Performed the experiments: WCDV. Analyzed the data: WCDV POM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SDV. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: WCDV SDV POM.