About the Authors

Irene Gramaglia

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

igramaglia@ljidi.org

Affiliation La Jolla Infectious Disease Institute, San Diego, CA, United States of America

Joyce Velez

Roles Methodology

Affiliation La Jolla Infectious Disease Institute, San Diego, CA, United States of America

Yu-Sun Chang

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Chang-Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan

Wilson Caparros-Wanderley

Roles Data curation

Affiliation WCW Biostatistical Consulting, Aylesbury, United Kingdom

Valery Combes

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations La Jolla Infectious Disease Institute, San Diego, CA, United States of America, School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Georges Grau

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations La Jolla Infectious Disease Institute, San Diego, CA, United States of America, Vascular Immunology Unit, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Monique F. Stins

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States of America

Henri C. van der Heyde

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation La Jolla Infectious Disease Institute, San Diego, CA, United States of America

Competing Interests

Wilson Caparros-Wanderley is employed by WCW Biostatistical Consulting. 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.