About the Authors

Adria D. Lee

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

xda5@cdc.gov

Current address: IHRC Inc., contracting agency to the Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Affiliation IHRC Inc., contracting agency to the Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Pamela K. Cassiday

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Lucia C. Pawloski

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Kathleen M. Tatti

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources

Affiliation Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Monte D. Martin

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Elizabeth C. Briere

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

M. Lucia Tondella

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Stacey W. Martin

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

Current address: Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Affiliation Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

on behalf of the Clinical Validation Study Group

Membership of the Clinical Validation Study Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

Adria D. Lee is employed by IHRC Inc. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.