About the Authors

Emily P. Brigham

Affiliation Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Meredith C. McCormack

Affiliations Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Clifford M. Takemoto

Affiliation Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Pediatric Hematology, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Elizabeth C. Matsui

ematsui@jhmi.edu

Affiliations Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ECM CMT MCM EPB. Performed the experiments: EPB ECM MCM. Analyzed the data: EPB ECM. Wrote the paper: EPB MCM CMT ECM.