About the Authors

Paul A. Granato

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

granatop@upstate.edu

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, Laboratory Alliance of Central New York, Syracuse, NY, United States of America

Glen Hansen

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Diagnostics, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

Emily Herding

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

Sheena Chaudhuri

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical and Scientific Affairs, Roche Molecular Diagnostics, Pleasanton, CA, United States of America

Shaowu Tang

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

Affiliation Medical and Scientific Affairs, Roche Molecular Diagnostics, Pleasanton, CA, United States of America

Sachin K. Garg

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical and Scientific Affairs, Roche Molecular Diagnostics, Pleasanton, CA, United States of America

Catherine R. Rowell

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Device Trials, Laboratory Alliance of Central New York, Syracuse, NY, United States of America

Joanna Jackson Sickler

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical and Scientific Affairs, Roche Molecular Diagnostics, Pleasanton, CA, United States of America

Competing Interests

Authors PAG, GH, EH, and CRR declare no competing interests. Authors SC, ST, SKG and JJS are full-time employees of Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. This commercial affiliation does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.