About the Authors
- Maria Olga Hernandez
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, 12208, United States of America
- Nicholas J. Mantis
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* E-mail: 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.