About the Authors

Taj Azarian

taj.azarian@epi.ufl.edu

Affiliations College of Public Health and Health Professions and College of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

Nizar F. Maraqa

Affiliations Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Wolfson Children’s Hospital, Jacksonville, FL, United States of America, University of Florida Center for HIV/AIDS Research, Education and Service, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL, United States of America

Robert L. Cook

Affiliations College of Public Health and Health Professions and College of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

Judith A. Johnson

Affiliations Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

Christine Bailey

Affiliation Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Wolfson Children’s Hospital, Jacksonville, FL, United States of America

Sarah Wheeler

Affiliation Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Wolfson Children’s Hospital, Jacksonville, FL, United States of America

David Nolan

Affiliations Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

Mobeen H. Rathore

Affiliations Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Wolfson Children’s Hospital, Jacksonville, FL, United States of America, University of Florida Center for HIV/AIDS Research, Education and Service, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL, United States of America

J. Glenn Morris Jr.

Affiliations Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

Marco Salemi

Affiliations Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: TA NFM RLC JAJ DN MHR JGM MS. Data curation: TA NFM RLC CB DN. Formal analysis: TA MS. Funding acquisition: TA MHR JGM MS. Investigation: TA NFM RLC CB SW DN MHR JGM MS. Methodology: TA NFM RLC JAJ MHR JGM MS. Project administration: TA JGM MS RLC. Resources: JAJ MHR JGM MS. Supervision: NFM RLC JAJ MHR. Validation: TA NFM RLC JAJ MHR JGM MS. Visualization: TA. Writing – original draft: TA MS. Writing – review & editing: TA NFM RLC JAJ CB SW DN MHR JGM MS.