About the Authors

Elisea Avalos

Affiliation Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Donald Catanzaro

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Arkansas, United States of America

Antonino Catanzaro

Affiliation University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California, United States of America

Theodore Ganiats

Affiliation Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Stephanie Brodine

Affiliation Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

John Alcaraz

Affiliation Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Timothy Rodwell

trodwell@ucsd.edu

Affiliation Division of Global Public Health, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EA DC AC TG TR SB JA. Performed the experiments: EA DC TR. Analyzed the data: EA DC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EA DC. Wrote the paper: EA DC AC TG TR SB JA.