About the Authors

Lindsay T. McDonald

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Research Services, Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Sara D. Johnson

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Research Services, Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Dayvia L. Russell

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Research Services, Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

M. Rita I. Young

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Research Services, Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, The Department of Otolaryngology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Amanda C. LaRue

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

laruerc@musc.edu

Affiliations Research Services, Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.