About the Authors

Blaine Caughron

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research Service, Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC, United States of America

Yi Yang

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States of America

M. Rita I. Young

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – original draft

youngmr@musc.edu

Affiliations Research Service, Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC, United States of America, Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.