About the Authors

Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Xutao Deng

Affiliation Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Ali Danesh

Affiliation Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Teri Liegler

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Evan S. Jacobs

Affiliation Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Andri Rauch

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Bruno Ledergerber

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Philip J. Norris

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Huldrych F. Günthard

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Joseph K. Wong

Affiliation Department of Medicine, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Satish K. Pillai

satish.pillai@ucsf.edu

Affiliations Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAM AR BL PJN HFG JKW SKP. Performed the experiments: MAM AD TL EJ SKP. Analyzed the data: MAM XD SKP. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MAM SKP.