About the Authors

Ozlem Yaren

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

oyaren@ffame.org (OY); sbenner@ffame.org (SAB)

Affiliation Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution, Alachua, Florida, United States of America

Jacquelyn McCarter

Roles Methodology, Visualization

Affiliation Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution, Alachua, Florida, United States of America

Nikhil Phadke

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations GenePath Diagnostics Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, GenePath Diagnostics India Pvt. Ltd., Pune, Maharashtra, India

Kevin M. Bradley

Roles Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution, Alachua, Florida, United States of America

Benjamin Overton

Roles Validation

Affiliation Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution, Alachua, Florida, United States of America

Zunyi Yang

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution, Alachua, Florida, United States of America, Firebird Biomolecular Sciences LLC, Alachua, Florida, United States of America

Shatakshi Ranade

Roles Validation

Affiliation GenePath Diagnostics India Pvt. Ltd., Pune, Maharashtra, India

Kunal Patil

Roles Validation

Affiliation GenePath Diagnostics India Pvt. Ltd., Pune, Maharashtra, India

Rishikesh Bangale

Roles Validation

Affiliation GenePath Diagnostics India Pvt. Ltd., Pune, Maharashtra, India

Steven A. Benner

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

oyaren@ffame.org (OY); sbenner@ffame.org (SAB)

Affiliations Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution, Alachua, Florida, United States of America, Firebird Biomolecular Sciences LLC, Alachua, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

Firebird Biomolecular Sciences, LLC, GenePath Diagnostics, Inc., and GenePath Diagnostics India Pvt. Ltd. employ the indicated authors and the specific roles of these authors are articulated in the ‘author contributions’ section. OY, ZY, SAB and their institutions own intellectual property associated with the assay. Some of the items mentioned here are sold by Firebird Biomolecular Sciences, LLC, which employs the indicated authors and is owned by SAB. This does not alter the authors’ and institutions’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.