About the Authors

Cherry Wongtrakool

cwongtr@emory.edu

Affiliations Atlanta VA Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Kora Grooms

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Kaiser M. Bijli

Affiliations Atlanta VA Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Kristina Crothers

Affiliation University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Anne M. Fitzpatrick

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

C. Michael Hart

Affiliations Atlanta VA Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CW KG CMH. Performed the experiments: CW KG KB. Analyzed the data: CW KG KB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CW KB KC AMF. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: CW KB KC AMF CMH.