About the Authors

Maria Olga Hernandez

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, 12208, United States of America

Nicholas J. Mantis

nicholas.mantis@health.ny.gov

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, 12208, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University at Albany, Albany, New York, 12208, United States of America

Competing Interests

Nicholas Mantis is an Academic Editor at PLOS ONE. This fact does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MOH NJM. Performed the experiments: MOH. Analyzed the data: MOH NJM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MOH. Wrote the paper: MOH NJM.