About the Authors

Timothy Lahey

Timothy.Lahey@Dartmouth.edu

Affiliation Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, 1 Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH, United States of America

Dominick Laddy

Affiliation Aeras, 1405 Research Blvd. Rockville, MD United States of America

Krystal Hill

Current address: IDT Biologika, 1405 Research Blvd. Rockville, MD United States of America

Affiliation Aeras, 1405 Research Blvd. Rockville, MD United States of America

Jacqueline Schaeffer

Affiliation Aeras, 1405 Research Blvd. Rockville, MD United States of America

Alison Hogg

Current address: Emergent Biosolutions, 400 Professional Dr # 100, Gaithersburg, MD United States of America

Affiliation Aeras, 1405 Research Blvd. Rockville, MD United States of America

James Keeble

Affiliation Bacteriology Division, MHRA-NIBSC, South Mimms, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Belinda Dagg

Affiliation Bacteriology Division, MHRA-NIBSC, South Mimms, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Mei Mei Ho

Affiliation Bacteriology Division, MHRA-NIBSC, South Mimms, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Robert D. Arbeit

Affiliation Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA United States of America

C. Fordham von Reyn

Affiliation Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, 1 Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: CFvR TL RDA. Data curation: TL DL MMH. Formal analysis: TL DL MMH RDA CFvR. Funding acquisition: CFvR. Investigation: DL MMH KH JS AH JK BD. Methodology: CFvR RDA TL DL MMH KH JS AH JK BD. Project administration: CFvR. Resources: CFvR MMH DL. Supervision: CFvR. Validation: TL DL KH JS AH JK BD MMH RDA CFvR. Visualization: TL KH DL RDA CFvR. Writing – original draft: TL. Writing – review & editing: CFvR RDA TL DL MMH KH JS AH JK BD.