About the Authors

Parker F. Duffney

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

Current address: Curriculum in Toxicology and Environmental Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, United States of America

A. Karim Embong

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, United States of America

Connor C. McGuire

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, United States of America

Thomas H. Thatcher

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Affiliation Lung Biology and Disease Program, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, United States of America

Richard P. Phipps

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, United States of America, Lung Biology and Disease Program, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, United States of America, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, United States of America

Patricia J. Sime

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Patricia.Sime@vcuhealth.org

Current address: Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Affiliations Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, United States of America, Lung Biology and Disease Program, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, United States of America, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, United States of America

Competing Interests

Thomas H Thatcher is a member of the PLOS ONE editorial board. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. No other authors have competing interests to declare.