About the Authors

Tshegofatso Ngwaga

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

Affiliation Division of Digestive Diseases, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Ling Kong

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Digestive Diseases, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Derrick Lin

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Digestive Diseases, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Cassandra Schoborg

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Digestive Diseases, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Lynn E. Taylor

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

Affiliation Miriam Hospital and Department of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Kenneth H. Mayer

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

Affiliation Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the Fenway Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Robert S. Klein

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

Affiliation Hudson Infectious Diseases Associates, Briarcliff Manor, New York, United States of America

David D. Celentano

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

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Jack D. Sobel

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

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Denise J. Jamieson

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

Affiliations Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Caroline C. King

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

Affiliation Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

John E. Tavis

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

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Jason T. Blackard

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

jason.blackard@uc.edu

Affiliation Division of Digestive Diseases, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

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